Delaware County vs Pontotoc County

A side-by-side comparison of Delaware County and Pontotoc County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Delaware County has the higher population (41,017 vs 38,158 in Pontotoc County). Pontotoc County has the higher median household income ($62,564 vs $55,114 in Delaware County). Pontotoc County has the higher median home value ($170,500 vs $164,900 in Delaware County).

Population, income & housing

	Delaware County	Pontotoc County
Population	41,017	38,158
Median age	47.0 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,114	$62,564
Median home value	$164,900	$170,500
Median gross rent	$868	$880
Housing units	24,282	17,483
Homeownership rate	75.9%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	29.7%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delaware County	Pontotoc County
Population	42,433 → 41,017 (-3.3%)	38,355 → 38,158 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$41,696 → $55,114 (+32.2%)	$50,392 → $62,564 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$117,900 → $164,900 (+39.9%)	$129,300 → $170,500 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $868 (+26.2%)	$707 → $880 (+24.5%)

Delaware County

Population

42,43341,017

Median household income

$41,696$55,114

Median home value

$117,900$164,900

Median gross rent

$688$868

Pontotoc County

Population

38,35538,158

Median household income

$50,392$62,564

Median home value

$129,300$170,500

Median gross rent

$707$880

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delaware County	Pontotoc County
Under 5	4.8%	6.5%
5 to 17	15.1%	18.4%
18 to 24	6.9%	9.0%
25 to 34	10.5%	12.9%
35 to 44	10.4%	13.0%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.0%
55 to 64	15.2%	12.1%
65 to 74	14.8%	9.6%
75 and over	10.5%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delaware County	Pontotoc County
White (non-Hispanic)	62.6%	63.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	20.4%	18.0%
Asian	1.5%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.4%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delaware County	Pontotoc County
No high school diploma	12.6%	9.5%
High school graduate	38.9%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delaware County	Pontotoc County
Drove alone	76.0%	84.2%
Carpooled	12.4%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.6%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.1%	3.7%
Other means	1.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delaware County	Pontotoc County
1-unit, detached	65.4%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	3.8%
20 or more units	1.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	26.3%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Delaware County	Pontotoc County
Poverty rate	18.6%	12.6%
Average household size	2.39	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	30	18
Median year structure built	1987	1977