Cimarron County vs Harper County

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

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

Harper County has the higher population (3,231 vs 2,247 in Cimarron County). Harper County has the higher median household income ($59,191 vs $57,204 in Cimarron County). Harper County has the higher median home value ($99,300 vs $94,500 in Cimarron County).

Population, income & housing

	Cimarron County	Harper County
Population	2,247	3,231
Median age	38.3 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,204	$59,191
Median home value	$94,500	$99,300
Median gross rent	$682	$791
Housing units	1,368	1,714
Homeownership rate	77.2%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.7%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cimarron County	Harper County
Population	2,174 → 2,247 (+3.4%)	3,760 → 3,231 (-14.1%)
Median household income	$46,328 → $57,204 (+23.5%)	$46,154 → $59,191 (+28.2%)
Median home value	$56,500 → $94,500 (+67.3%)	$77,200 → $99,300 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$537 → $682 (+27.0%)	$707 → $791 (+11.9%)

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

Harper County

Population

3,7603,231

Median household income

$46,154$59,191

Median home value

$77,200$99,300

Median gross rent

$707$791

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cimarron County	Harper County
Under 5	7.2%	6.4%
5 to 17	17.4%	17.6%
18 to 24	7.1%	8.1%
25 to 34	9.0%	8.6%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.0%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.2%
55 to 64	11.7%	14.7%
65 to 74	13.3%	12.3%
75 and over	11.7%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cimarron County	Harper County
White (non-Hispanic)	67.2%	72.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.7%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	24.8%	23.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cimarron County	Harper County
No high school diploma	14.7%	12.4%
High school graduate	33.6%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cimarron County	Harper County
Drove alone	69.3%	89.0%
Carpooled	6.6%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.1%	2.2%
Other means	0.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cimarron County	Harper County
1-unit, detached	84.4%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	10.9%

Poverty & households

	Cimarron County	Harper County
Poverty rate	10.5%	15.9%
Average household size	3.18	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	7	18
Median year structure built	1960	1965