Pittsburg County vs Stephens County

A side-by-side comparison of Pittsburg County and Stephens County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pittsburg County has the higher population (43,629 vs 43,314 in Stephens County). Stephens County has the higher median household income ($60,236 vs $54,787 in Pittsburg County). Pittsburg County has the higher median home value ($146,300 vs $135,100 in Stephens County).

Population, income & housing

	Pittsburg County	Stephens County
Population	43,629	43,314
Median age	40.3 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,787	$60,236
Median home value	$146,300	$135,100
Median gross rent	$857	$865
Housing units	22,204	20,311
Homeownership rate	71.4%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pittsburg County	Stephens County
Population	44,146 → 43,629 (-1.2%)	43,647 → 43,314 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$46,784 → $54,787 (+17.1%)	$47,214 → $60,236 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$106,800 → $146,300 (+37.0%)	$107,700 → $135,100 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	$718 → $857 (+19.4%)	$694 → $865 (+24.6%)

Pittsburg County

Population

44,14643,629

Median household income

$46,784$54,787

Median home value

$106,800$146,300

Median gross rent

$718$857

Stephens County

Population

43,64743,314

Median household income

$47,214$60,236

Median home value

$107,700$135,100

Median gross rent

$694$865

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pittsburg County	Stephens County
Under 5	5.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.1%	17.3%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.4%
25 to 34	12.8%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.0%
65 to 74	11.1%	11.9%
75 and over	8.8%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pittsburg County	Stephens County
White (non-Hispanic)	67.9%	78.1%
Black or African American	2.3%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.5%	3.2%
Asian	0.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	15.8%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pittsburg County	Stephens County
No high school diploma	12.7%	11.7%
High school graduate	35.7%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pittsburg County	Stephens County
Drove alone	82.5%	80.5%
Carpooled	7.5%	11.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	1.6%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.5%	4.8%
Other means	0.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pittsburg County	Stephens County
1-unit, detached	77.4%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	2.6%
20 or more units	1.5%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Pittsburg County	Stephens County
Poverty rate	18.2%	17.5%
Average household size	2.35	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1978	1975