Okmulgee County vs Pontotoc County

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

Okmulgee 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.

Pontotoc County has the higher population (38,158 vs 36,922 in Okmulgee County). Pontotoc County has the higher median household income ($62,564 vs $53,123 in Okmulgee County). Pontotoc County has the higher median home value ($170,500 vs $114,600 in Okmulgee County).

Population, income & housing

	Okmulgee County	Pontotoc County
Population	36,922	38,158
Median age	39.4 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$53,123	$62,564
Median home value	$114,600	$170,500
Median gross rent	$811	$880
Housing units	16,708	17,483
Homeownership rate	70.0%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	29.7%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Okmulgee County	Pontotoc County
Population	38,749 → 36,922 (-4.7%)	38,355 → 38,158 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$42,998 → $53,123 (+23.5%)	$50,392 → $62,564 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$85,400 → $114,600 (+34.2%)	$129,300 → $170,500 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $811 (+23.8%)	$707 → $880 (+24.5%)

Okmulgee County

Population

38,74936,922

Median household income

$42,998$53,123

Median home value

$85,400$114,600

Median gross rent

$655$811

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)

	Okmulgee County	Pontotoc County
Under 5	5.7%	6.5%
5 to 17	17.9%	18.4%
18 to 24	9.3%	9.0%
25 to 34	12.3%	12.9%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.0%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.0%
55 to 64	13.2%	12.1%
65 to 74	10.8%	9.6%
75 and over	7.6%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Okmulgee County	Pontotoc County
White (non-Hispanic)	61.1%	63.3%
Black or African American	7.0%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	14.8%	18.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.5%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Okmulgee County	Pontotoc County
No high school diploma	11.8%	9.5%
High school graduate	34.3%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Okmulgee County	Pontotoc County
Drove alone	78.6%	84.2%
Carpooled	10.7%	6.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.2%
Walked	1.2%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.3%	3.7%
Other means	0.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Okmulgee County	Pontotoc County
1-unit, detached	74.5%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	3.8%
20 or more units	2.1%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	15.1%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Okmulgee County	Pontotoc County
Poverty rate	17.6%	12.6%
Average household size	2.50	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	26	18
Median year structure built	1977	1977