Cimarron County vs Ellis County

A side-by-side comparison of Cimarron County and Ellis County: population, income, housing, and more.

Cimarron County and Ellis County are counties in Oklahoma. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ellis County has the higher population (3,717 vs 2,247 in Cimarron County). Cimarron County has the higher median household income ($57,204 vs $56,992 in Ellis County). Ellis County has the higher median home value ($122,500 vs $94,500 in Cimarron County).

Population, income & housing

	Cimarron County	Ellis County
Population	2,247	3,717
Median age	38.3 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,204	$56,992
Median home value	$94,500	$122,500
Median gross rent	$682	$728
Housing units	1,368	2,125
Homeownership rate	77.2%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.7%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cimarron County	Ellis County
Population	2,174 → 2,247 (+3.4%)	4,015 → 3,717 (-7.4%)
Median household income	$46,328 → $57,204 (+23.5%)	$53,245 → $56,992 (+7.0%)
Median home value	$56,500 → $94,500 (+67.3%)	$89,800 → $122,500 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$537 → $682 (+27.0%)	$677 → $728 (+7.5%)

Cimarron County

Population

2,1742,247

Median household income

$46,328$57,204

Median home value

$56,500$94,500

Median gross rent

$537$682

Ellis County

Population

4,0153,717

Median household income

$53,245$56,992

Median home value

$89,800$122,500

Median gross rent

$677$728

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cimarron County	Ellis County
Under 5	7.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.4%	17.4%
18 to 24	7.1%	7.5%
25 to 34	9.0%	9.7%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.5%
55 to 64	11.7%	13.1%
65 to 74	13.3%	13.6%
75 and over	11.7%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cimarron County	Ellis County
White (non-Hispanic)	67.2%	83.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	7.7%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	24.8%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cimarron County	Ellis County
No high school diploma	14.7%	11.8%
High school graduate	33.6%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cimarron County	Ellis County
Drove alone	69.3%	78.6%
Carpooled	6.6%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.1%	7.7%
Other means	0.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cimarron County	Ellis County
1-unit, detached	84.4%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Cimarron County	Ellis County
Poverty rate	10.5%	13.8%
Average household size	3.18	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	7	24
Median year structure built	1960	1968