Dewey County vs Grant County

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

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

Dewey County has the higher population (4,433 vs 4,137 in Grant County). Grant County has the higher median household income ($61,824 vs $60,550 in Dewey County). Dewey County has the higher median home value ($118,200 vs $79,500 in Grant County).

Population, income & housing

	Dewey County	Grant County
Population	4,433	4,137
Median age	38.0 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$60,550	$61,824
Median home value	$118,200	$79,500
Median gross rent	$900	$856
Housing units	2,195	2,175
Homeownership rate	74.7%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dewey County	Grant County
Population	4,922 → 4,433 (-9.9%)	4,397 → 4,137 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$52,428 → $60,550 (+15.5%)	$57,727 → $61,824 (+7.1%)
Median home value	$97,700 → $118,200 (+21.0%)	$81,000 → $79,500 (-1.9%)
Median gross rent	$706 → $900 (+27.5%)	$720 → $856 (+18.9%)

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

Grant County

Population

4,3974,137

Median household income

$57,727$61,824

Median home value

$81,000$79,500

Median gross rent

$720$856

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dewey County	Grant County
Under 5	6.3%	5.9%
5 to 17	21.2%	17.5%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.2%
25 to 34	10.5%	10.6%
35 to 44	11.0%	11.7%
45 to 54	10.3%	10.2%
55 to 64	13.4%	14.3%
65 to 74	10.4%	12.5%
75 and over	8.6%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dewey County	Grant County
White (non-Hispanic)	81.1%	86.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.6%	2.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	8.2%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dewey County	Grant County
No high school diploma	7.4%	8.8%
High school graduate	45.4%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dewey County	Grant County
Drove alone	78.7%	80.2%
Carpooled	8.9%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	8.2%
Other means	1.5%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dewey County	Grant County
1-unit, detached	77.5%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	20.7%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Dewey County	Grant County
Poverty rate	14.4%	13.5%
Average household size	2.73	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1973	1967