Payne County vs Rogers County

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

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

Rogers County has the higher population (97,235 vs 82,290 in Payne County). Rogers County has the higher median household income ($77,688 vs $48,937 in Payne County). Rogers County has the higher median home value ($222,200 vs $217,700 in Payne County).

Population, income & housing

	Payne County	Rogers County
Population	82,290	97,235
Median age	27.7 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,937	$77,688
Median home value	$217,700	$222,200
Median gross rent	$922	$1,018
Housing units	36,900	38,706
Homeownership rate	50.9%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.1%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Payne County	Rogers County
Population	81,815 → 82,290 (+0.6%)	91,353 → 97,235 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$41,603 → $48,937 (+17.6%)	$65,434 → $77,688 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$161,700 → $217,700 (+34.6%)	$162,300 → $222,200 (+36.9%)
Median gross rent	$817 → $922 (+12.9%)	$872 → $1,018 (+16.7%)

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

Rogers County

Population

91,35397,235

Median household income

$65,434$77,688

Median home value

$162,300$222,200

Median gross rent

$872$1,018

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Payne County	Rogers County
Under 5	4.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	13.8%	17.5%
18 to 24	27.0%	8.7%
25 to 34	13.5%	12.5%
35 to 44	10.6%	12.6%
45 to 54	8.4%	12.5%
55 to 64	8.7%	13.7%
65 to 74	7.5%	10.1%
75 and over	5.6%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Payne County	Rogers County
White (non-Hispanic)	74.3%	69.5%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.8%	12.1%
Asian	4.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	7.6%	9.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Payne County	Rogers County
No high school diploma	6.8%	7.8%
High school graduate	27.0%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	18.3%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Payne County	Rogers County
Drove alone	75.3%	79.4%
Carpooled	8.7%	8.2%
Public transit	0.7%	0.1%
Walked	4.4%	1.3%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.2%	10.1%
Other means	1.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Payne County	Rogers County
1-unit, detached	61.1%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	2.8%
20 or more units	8.4%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Payne County	Rogers County
Poverty rate	23.9%	9.6%
Average household size	2.25	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	18	26
Median year structure built	1983	1992