Muskogee County vs Payne County

A side-by-side comparison of Muskogee County and Payne County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Payne County has the higher population (82,290 vs 66,471 in Muskogee County). Muskogee County has the higher median household income ($51,999 vs $48,937 in Payne County). Payne County has the higher median home value ($217,700 vs $138,800 in Muskogee County).

Population, income & housing

	Muskogee County	Payne County
Population	66,471	82,290
Median age	38.2 yrs	27.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,999	$48,937
Median home value	$138,800	$217,700
Median gross rent	$824	$922
Housing units	29,363	36,900
Homeownership rate	66.4%	50.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	40.1%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Muskogee County	Payne County
Population	68,736 → 66,471 (-3.3%)	81,815 → 82,290 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$43,078 → $51,999 (+20.7%)	$41,603 → $48,937 (+17.6%)
Median home value	$104,200 → $138,800 (+33.2%)	$161,700 → $217,700 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $824 (+21.0%)	$817 → $922 (+12.9%)

Muskogee County

Population

68,73666,471

Median household income

$43,078$51,999

Median home value

$104,200$138,800

Median gross rent

$681$824

Payne County

Population

81,81582,290

Median household income

$41,603$48,937

Median home value

$161,700$217,700

Median gross rent

$817$922

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Muskogee County	Payne County
Under 5	6.3%	4.8%
5 to 17	18.1%	13.8%
18 to 24	9.0%	27.0%
25 to 34	12.7%	13.5%
35 to 44	13.0%	10.6%
45 to 54	11.4%	8.4%
55 to 64	12.5%	8.7%
65 to 74	10.1%	7.5%
75 and over	6.9%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Muskogee County	Payne County
White (non-Hispanic)	54.0%	74.3%
Black or African American	9.8%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	17.0%	3.8%
Asian	0.7%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	11.1%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Muskogee County	Payne County
No high school diploma	13.0%	6.8%
High school graduate	34.1%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Muskogee County	Payne County
Drove alone	81.9%	75.3%
Carpooled	8.1%	8.7%
Public transit	0.5%	0.7%
Walked	1.2%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	1.1%
Worked from home	6.7%	8.2%
Other means	1.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Muskogee County	Payne County
1-unit, detached	74.6%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	11.4%
20 or more units	4.2%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Muskogee County	Payne County
Poverty rate	20.3%	23.9%
Average household size	2.43	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1977	1983