Kiowa County vs Woods County

A side-by-side comparison of Kiowa County and Woods County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Woods County has the higher population (8,619 vs 8,458 in Kiowa County). Woods County has the higher median household income ($50,512 vs $42,063 in Kiowa County). Woods County has the higher median home value ($141,900 vs $90,300 in Kiowa County).

Population, income & housing

	Kiowa County	Woods County
Population	8,458	8,619
Median age	42.0 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$42,063	$50,512
Median home value	$90,300	$141,900
Median gross rent	$675	$806
Housing units	4,684	4,463
Homeownership rate	71.3%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kiowa County	Woods County
Population	8,886 → 8,458 (-4.8%)	9,043 → 8,619 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$38,019 → $42,063 (+10.6%)	$54,282 → $50,512 (-6.9%)
Median home value	$62,900 → $90,300 (+43.6%)	$107,000 → $141,900 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$545 → $675 (+23.9%)	$690 → $806 (+16.8%)

Kiowa County

Population

8,8868,458

Median household income

$38,019$42,063

Median home value

$62,900$90,300

Median gross rent

$545$675

Woods County

Population

9,0438,619

Median household income

$54,282$50,512

Median home value

$107,000$141,900

Median gross rent

$690$806

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kiowa County	Woods County
Under 5	6.6%	4.9%
5 to 17	17.9%	15.9%
18 to 24	6.4%	17.0%
25 to 34	10.8%	13.8%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.0%	8.5%
55 to 64	15.0%	10.5%
65 to 74	12.4%	9.1%
75 and over	8.4%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kiowa County	Woods County
White (non-Hispanic)	72.7%	82.4%
Black or African American	3.4%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.0%	2.5%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	7.9%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kiowa County	Woods County
No high school diploma	14.0%	11.4%
High school graduate	32.7%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kiowa County	Woods County
Drove alone	77.2%	77.7%
Carpooled	11.8%	11.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	9.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	2.0%
Other means	2.5%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kiowa County	Woods County
1-unit, detached	85.5%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	1.7%
20 or more units	2.1%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Kiowa County	Woods County
Poverty rate	25.0%	19.1%
Average household size	2.47	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	24	16
Median year structure built	1960	1961