Sequoyah County vs Stephens County

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

Sequoyah 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.

Stephens County has the higher population (43,314 vs 39,676 in Sequoyah County). Stephens County has the higher median household income ($60,236 vs $49,795 in Sequoyah County). Stephens County has the higher median home value ($135,100 vs $127,500 in Sequoyah County).

Population, income & housing

	Sequoyah County	Stephens County
Population	39,676	43,314
Median age	40.6 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,795	$60,236
Median home value	$127,500	$135,100
Median gross rent	$796	$865
Housing units	18,254	20,311
Homeownership rate	71.0%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sequoyah County	Stephens County
Population	41,709 → 39,676 (-4.9%)	43,647 → 43,314 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$40,351 → $49,795 (+23.4%)	$47,214 → $60,236 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$97,800 → $127,500 (+30.4%)	$107,700 → $135,100 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $796 (+16.9%)	$694 → $865 (+24.6%)

Sequoyah County

Population

41,70939,676

Median household income

$40,351$49,795

Median home value

$97,800$127,500

Median gross rent

$681$796

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)

	Sequoyah County	Stephens County
Under 5	6.3%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.6%	17.3%
18 to 24	8.0%	7.4%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.5%
35 to 44	11.4%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.6%	14.0%
65 to 74	10.9%	11.9%
75 and over	7.6%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sequoyah County	Stephens County
White (non-Hispanic)	60.8%	78.1%
Black or African American	1.9%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	19.2%	3.2%
Asian	0.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	12.3%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sequoyah County	Stephens County
No high school diploma	15.5%	11.7%
High school graduate	38.3%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sequoyah County	Stephens County
Drove alone	83.2%	80.5%
Carpooled	9.9%	11.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	1.8%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	4.2%	4.8%
Other means	0.7%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sequoyah County	Stephens County
1-unit, detached	71.7%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.3%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	19.7%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Sequoyah County	Stephens County
Poverty rate	20.3%	17.5%
Average household size	2.59	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1985	1975