Mayes County vs Pontotoc County

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

Mayes 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.

Mayes County has the higher population (39,406 vs 38,158 in Pontotoc County). Pontotoc County has the higher median household income ($62,564 vs $57,279 in Mayes County). Mayes County has the higher median home value ($171,900 vs $170,500 in Pontotoc County).

Population, income & housing

	Mayes County	Pontotoc County
Population	39,406	38,158
Median age	40.5 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,279	$62,564
Median home value	$171,900	$170,500
Median gross rent	$846	$880
Housing units	18,365	17,483
Homeownership rate	74.3%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	29.7%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mayes County	Pontotoc County
Population	41,044 → 39,406 (-4.0%)	38,355 → 38,158 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$50,345 → $57,279 (+13.8%)	$50,392 → $62,564 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$112,800 → $171,900 (+52.4%)	$129,300 → $170,500 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$745 → $846 (+13.6%)	$707 → $880 (+24.5%)

Mayes County

Population

41,04439,406

Median household income

$50,345$57,279

Median home value

$112,800$171,900

Median gross rent

$745$846

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)

	Mayes County	Pontotoc County
Under 5	5.8%	6.5%
5 to 17	17.7%	18.4%
18 to 24	7.8%	9.0%
25 to 34	12.1%	12.9%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.0%
45 to 54	12.4%	11.0%
55 to 64	13.5%	12.1%
65 to 74	11.4%	9.6%
75 and over	7.3%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mayes County	Pontotoc County
White (non-Hispanic)	62.5%	63.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	20.0%	18.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.5%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mayes County	Pontotoc County
No high school diploma	10.7%	9.5%
High school graduate	39.4%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mayes County	Pontotoc County
Drove alone	79.0%	84.2%
Carpooled	10.1%	6.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	1.9%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.1%	3.7%
Other means	1.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mayes County	Pontotoc County
1-unit, detached	73.8%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.6%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	18.2%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Mayes County	Pontotoc County
Poverty rate	17.6%	12.6%
Average household size	2.55	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1981	1977