Muskogee County vs Wagoner County

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

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

Wagoner County has the higher population (84,339 vs 66,471 in Muskogee County). Wagoner County has the higher median household income ($78,520 vs $51,999 in Muskogee County). Wagoner County has the higher median home value ($216,000 vs $138,800 in Muskogee County).

Population, income & housing

	Muskogee County	Wagoner County
Population	66,471	84,339
Median age	38.2 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$51,999	$78,520
Median home value	$138,800	$216,000
Median gross rent	$824	$1,050
Housing units	29,363	33,531
Homeownership rate	66.4%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	26.9%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Muskogee County	Wagoner County
Population	68,736 → 66,471 (-3.3%)	78,958 → 84,339 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$43,078 → $51,999 (+20.7%)	$62,795 → $78,520 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$104,200 → $138,800 (+33.2%)	$159,000 → $216,000 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $824 (+21.0%)	$886 → $1,050 (+18.5%)

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

Wagoner County

Population

78,95884,339

Median household income

$62,795$78,520

Median home value

$159,000$216,000

Median gross rent

$886$1,050

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Muskogee County	Wagoner County
Under 5	6.3%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.1%	18.2%
18 to 24	9.0%	7.7%
25 to 34	12.7%	12.9%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.7%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	12.5%	12.7%
65 to 74	10.1%	10.3%
75 and over	6.9%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Muskogee County	Wagoner County
White (non-Hispanic)	54.0%	67.6%
Black or African American	9.8%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	17.0%	8.1%
Asian	0.7%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	11.1%	10.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Muskogee County	Wagoner County
No high school diploma	13.0%	8.3%
High school graduate	34.1%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Muskogee County	Wagoner County
Drove alone	81.9%	80.3%
Carpooled	8.1%	8.3%
Public transit	0.5%	0.3%
Walked	1.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	9.0%
Other means	1.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Muskogee County	Wagoner County
1-unit, detached	74.6%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	2.7%
20 or more units	4.2%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	Muskogee County	Wagoner County
Poverty rate	20.3%	9.3%
Average household size	2.43	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1977	1994