Quapaw is a city of 728 people in Oklahoma. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 10% of adults. The typical home is worth $72,200, having more than doubled since 2000. 27.4% of locals live below the federal poverty line. Households here earn about 38% less than in Oklahoma as a whole. The foreign-born share is 2%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $40,000, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 41.0
US median: 38.9
Less educated
10% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Quapaw
What changed most since 1990
Homes owned by their occupants79.6% → 60.0%(−19.6 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree5.4% → 9.7%(+4.3 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Population882 → 728(−17%)US over the same years: +35%
Quapaw's population equals 2.4% of Ottawa County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 0.7% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 4.0% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)46.9%(15)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)15.6%(5)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era37.5%(12)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War9.4%(3)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 32 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Quapaw, decade by decade
Quapaw population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
882
$40,040
$43,681
5.4%
52.0
2000
984
$43,871
$65,033
5.2%
55.8
2010
906
$44,409
$83,293
3.6%
62.8
2020
811
$50,603
$92,721
6.7%
68.2
2024
728
$40,000
$72,200
9.7%
65.9
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
