Delaware County, Oklahoma

Delaware County has a population of 41,279 and has grown 3.8% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $175,300, about 3.1 times the county's median household income of $56,676.

Home price
$175,300
Income
$56,676
Population
41,279
Unemployment
5.2%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$175,300county
Median gross rent$913county
Median year homes here were built1987county
Share of homes built before 198036.3%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile25.8%county
Share of homes that are vacant29.7%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented22.9%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use20.4%county
Typical monthly rent$1,335(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$944county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$722county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,191county
Home insurance / yr$5,010(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living86(statewide)
Median household income$56,676county
Family health premium / yr$23,050(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$12,468(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.591(statewide)
Poverty rate19.0%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home9.4%county
Unemployment rate5.2%county
Share of adults in the labor force49.7%county
Share of workers who are self-employed9.8%county
Share of workers employed by government15.1%county
Share of workers in the largest industry22.1%county
Economic output per resident$32,349county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.60%county
Top state income tax4.50%(statewide)
Capital gains tax4.50%(statewide)
Combined sales tax9.06%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time28.6 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service30 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport1123106county
Miles to nearest general aviation field8.4 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station167 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.0%county
Traffic deaths38.8county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-6.2(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher19.9%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher88.5%county
Public schools in the county19county
Public school enrollment6246county
Students per full-time teacher15.1county
Free lunch eligible77.6%county
Elementary schools9county
Middle schools5county
High schools5county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution23 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians39county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter9.1 µgcounty
Without health insurance13.7%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year21.1%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year18.4%county
Frequent mental distress19.4%county
No leisure-time physical activity35.0%county
Diagnosed diabetes17.3%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population41,279county
Land area in square miles738county
People per square mile of land56.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores0county
Convenience stores4county
Share living far from a food store5.8%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract9.5%county
Population change since 2020+3.8%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-5county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents-0county
Median age46.9 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1819.8%county
Share of residents 65 and over25.7%county
Share of households that are one person30.1%county
Share of residents born outside the United States1.9%county
Second languages4.5%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls42.2%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents230county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents12county
Households that moved in1,392county
Households that moved away1,181county
Average income of arriving households$63,698county
Average income of departing households$48,690county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes3county
Housing units authorised in the latest year65county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings21.5%county
Violent crime rate423(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature60.2°Fcounty
Annual precipitation47.6 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.42 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F53 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing64 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days204 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 10county
Average first fall frostOct 31county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$144county
Electric utilities serving this county5county
Electricity price per kWh12.8¢county
Household electricity use1,047 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$23.48(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity55.0%county
Homes heated by utility gas17.8%county
Homes heated by propane17.1%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.0%county
Homes heated by wood7.8%county
Households with broadband85.9%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk86.5county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk64.1county
Landslide risk75.2county
Hail risk72.5county
Earthquake risk60.5county
Tornado risk87.0county
Tropical cyclone risk44.6county
Extreme heat risk92.0county
Winter weather risk80.6county
Strong wind risk90.3county
Wildfire risk90.8county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Delaware County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Oklahoma figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

Similar counties in Oklahoma

Compare Delaware with anywhere else

Put this county side by side with any other in the country, or weight the factors that matter to you and rank all 50 states.

Open Delaware in the map