Coal County vs Greer County

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

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

Greer County has the higher population (5,498 vs 5,275 in Coal County). Greer County has the higher median household income ($60,183 vs $48,162 in Coal County). Greer County has the higher median home value ($103,600 vs $92,500 in Coal County).

Population, income & housing

	Coal County	Greer County
Population	5,275	5,498
Median age	40.3 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$48,162	$60,183
Median home value	$92,500	$103,600
Median gross rent	$679	$624
Housing units	2,581	2,614
Homeownership rate	70.8%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coal County	Greer County
Population	5,581 → 5,275 (-5.5%)	5,861 → 5,498 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$40,938 → $48,162 (+17.6%)	$41,488 → $60,183 (+45.1%)
Median home value	$83,800 → $92,500 (+10.4%)	$76,500 → $103,600 (+35.4%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $679 (+8.6%)	$539 → $624 (+15.8%)

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

Greer County

Population

5,8615,498

Median household income

$41,488$60,183

Median home value

$76,500$103,600

Median gross rent

$539$624

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coal County	Greer County
Under 5	7.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.0%	15.2%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.2%
25 to 34	11.0%	15.1%
35 to 44	10.8%	14.3%
45 to 54	11.3%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.5%	13.3%
65 to 74	12.2%	9.5%
75 and over	8.8%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coal County	Greer County
White (non-Hispanic)	65.3%	72.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	6.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	9.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	20.5%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coal County	Greer County
No high school diploma	15.6%	18.3%
High school graduate	41.5%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coal County	Greer County
Drove alone	76.7%	81.8%
Carpooled	9.9%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.6%
Worked from home	7.3%	6.4%
Other means	1.4%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coal County	Greer County
1-unit, detached	82.8%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Coal County	Greer County
Poverty rate	21.3%	14.7%
Average household size	2.52	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	21	16
Median year structure built	1976	1964