Ellis County vs Grant County

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

Ellis 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.

Grant County has the higher population (4,137 vs 3,717 in Ellis County). Grant County has the higher median household income ($61,824 vs $56,992 in Ellis County). Ellis County has the higher median home value ($122,500 vs $79,500 in Grant County).

Population, income & housing

	Ellis County	Grant County
Population	3,717	4,137
Median age	43.4 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$56,992	$61,824
Median home value	$122,500	$79,500
Median gross rent	$728	$856
Housing units	2,125	2,175
Homeownership rate	82.3%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellis County	Grant County
Population	4,015 → 3,717 (-7.4%)	4,397 → 4,137 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$53,245 → $56,992 (+7.0%)	$57,727 → $61,824 (+7.1%)
Median home value	$89,800 → $122,500 (+36.4%)	$81,000 → $79,500 (-1.9%)
Median gross rent	$677 → $728 (+7.5%)	$720 → $856 (+18.9%)

Ellis County

Population

4,0153,717

Median household income

$53,245$56,992

Median home value

$89,800$122,500

Median gross rent

$677$728

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)

	Ellis County	Grant County
Under 5	5.2%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.4%	17.5%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.2%
25 to 34	9.7%	10.6%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.2%
55 to 64	13.1%	14.3%
65 to 74	13.6%	12.5%
75 and over	9.8%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellis County	Grant County
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	86.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	2.3%
Asian	0.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellis County	Grant County
No high school diploma	11.8%	8.8%
High school graduate	37.3%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellis County	Grant County
Drove alone	78.6%	80.2%
Carpooled	11.9%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	8.2%
Other means	0.4%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellis County	Grant County
1-unit, detached	85.7%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Ellis County	Grant County
Poverty rate	13.8%	13.5%
Average household size	2.53	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1968	1967