Coal County vs Dewey County

A side-by-side comparison of Coal County and Dewey County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Coal County has the higher population (5,275 vs 4,433 in Dewey County). Dewey County has the higher median household income ($60,550 vs $48,162 in Coal County). Dewey County has the higher median home value ($118,200 vs $92,500 in Coal County).

Population, income & housing

	Coal County	Dewey County
Population	5,275	4,433
Median age	40.3 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$48,162	$60,550
Median home value	$92,500	$118,200
Median gross rent	$679	$900
Housing units	2,581	2,195
Homeownership rate	70.8%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coal County	Dewey County
Population	5,581 → 5,275 (-5.5%)	4,922 → 4,433 (-9.9%)
Median household income	$40,938 → $48,162 (+17.6%)	$52,428 → $60,550 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$83,800 → $92,500 (+10.4%)	$97,700 → $118,200 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $679 (+8.6%)	$706 → $900 (+27.5%)

Coal County

Population

5,5815,275

Median household income

$40,938$48,162

Median home value

$83,800$92,500

Median gross rent

$625$679

Dewey County

Population

4,9224,433

Median household income

$52,428$60,550

Median home value

$97,700$118,200

Median gross rent

$706$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coal County	Dewey County
Under 5	7.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.0%	21.2%
18 to 24	8.4%	8.2%
25 to 34	11.0%	10.5%
35 to 44	10.8%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.3%	10.3%
55 to 64	13.5%	13.4%
65 to 74	12.2%	10.4%
75 and over	8.8%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coal County	Dewey County
White (non-Hispanic)	65.3%	81.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	9.0%	4.6%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	20.5%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coal County	Dewey County
No high school diploma	15.6%	7.4%
High school graduate	41.5%	45.4%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coal County	Dewey County
Drove alone	76.7%	78.7%
Carpooled	9.9%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	5.2%
Other means	1.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coal County	Dewey County
1-unit, detached	82.8%	77.5%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	20.7%

Poverty & households

	Coal County	Dewey County
Poverty rate	21.3%	14.4%
Average household size	2.52	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1976	1973