Payne County vs Pottawatomie County

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

Payne County and Pottawatomie 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 73,011 in Pottawatomie County). Pottawatomie County has the higher median household income ($60,828 vs $48,937 in Payne County). Payne County has the higher median home value ($217,700 vs $155,700 in Pottawatomie County).

Population, income & housing

	Payne County	Pottawatomie County
Population	82,290	73,011
Median age	27.7 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$48,937	$60,828
Median home value	$217,700	$155,700
Median gross rent	$922	$869
Housing units	36,900	30,163
Homeownership rate	50.9%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.1%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Payne County	Pottawatomie County
Population	81,815 → 82,290 (+0.6%)	72,154 → 73,011 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$41,603 → $48,937 (+17.6%)	$49,250 → $60,828 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$161,700 → $217,700 (+34.6%)	$120,500 → $155,700 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$817 → $922 (+12.9%)	$718 → $869 (+21.0%)

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

Pottawatomie County

Population

72,15473,011

Median household income

$49,250$60,828

Median home value

$120,500$155,700

Median gross rent

$718$869

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Payne County	Pottawatomie County
Under 5	4.8%	5.8%
5 to 17	13.8%	17.5%
18 to 24	27.0%	10.1%
25 to 34	13.5%	12.4%
35 to 44	10.6%	12.8%
45 to 54	8.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	8.7%	12.7%
65 to 74	7.5%	9.9%
75 and over	5.6%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Payne County	Pottawatomie County
White (non-Hispanic)	74.3%	70.1%
Black or African American	3.6%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.8%	11.5%
Asian	4.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	7.6%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Payne County	Pottawatomie County
No high school diploma	6.8%	11.5%
High school graduate	27.0%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	18.3%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Payne County	Pottawatomie County
Drove alone	75.3%	81.9%
Carpooled	8.7%	8.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.2%	6.9%
Other means	1.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Payne County	Pottawatomie County
1-unit, detached	61.1%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	3.2%
20 or more units	8.4%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	13.4%

Poverty & households

	Payne County	Pottawatomie County
Poverty rate	23.9%	15.7%
Average household size	2.25	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	18	24
Median year structure built	1983	1979