COMPARING TWO PLACES
Ketchum vs Mountain Home
PLACE A
Ketchum, Oklahoma
VS
PLACE B
Mountain Home, North Carolina
Ketchum is 85% smaller than Mountain Home. Mountain Home earns more, with a median household income $28,083 higher. Ketchum has grown faster since 2000 (7% vs -4%).
KETCHUMMOUNTAIN HOMEDIFFERENCE
Total population5143,437−85% vs Mountain Home
Population density248911−663
Population growth6.6%-3.6%+10.2 pts
Median age41.950.5−8.6
Male46.1%51.9%−5.8 pts
Female53.9%48.1%+5.8 pts
Foreign-born0.2%11.5%−11.3 pts
White, non-Hispanic79.6%80.6%−1.0 pts
Black0.0%1.0%−1.0 pts
Hispanic / Latino2.4%15.5%−13.1 pts
Asian0.0%1.7%−1.7 pts
Other18.0%1.1%+17.0 pts
Median household income$55,000$83,083−$28,083
Per capita income$26,068$41,711−$15,643
Poverty rate19.0%11.9%+7.1 pts
Income inequality (Gini)0.3980.404Even
Bachelor's degree or higher26.5%42.0%−15.5 pts
Graduate degree5.3%9.3%−4.1 pts
Unemployment rate4.0%0.7%+3.3 pts
Labor force participation60.4%65.5%−5.0 pts
Median home value$203,800$400,000−$196,200
Median gross rent$775$1,240−$465
Owner-occupied65.7%75.4%−9.7 pts
Housing vacancy rate22.8%6.5%+16.3 pts
Rent-burdened households15.3%61.4%−46.1 pts
Average commute23.018.8+4.2
Worked from home9.3%7.1%+2.2 pts
Public transit to work0.0%0.0%Even
Uninsured26.5%12.5%+14.0 pts
Population, 1990 – 2024