Ponca vs Wakefield

A side-by-side comparison of Ponca and Wakefield: population, income, housing, and more.

Ponca and Wakefield are places in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wakefield has the higher population (1,288 vs 707 in Ponca). Wakefield has the higher median household income ($57,500 vs $53,077 in Ponca). Ponca has the higher median home value ($173,800 vs $110,300 in Wakefield).

Population, income & housing

	Ponca	Wakefield
Population	707	1,288
Median age	42.6 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,077	$57,500
Median home value	$173,800	$110,300
Median gross rent	$575	$808
Housing units	380	455
Homeownership rate	71.6%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ponca	Wakefield
Population	915 → 707 (-22.7%)	1,545 → 1,288 (-16.6%)
Median household income	$52,604 → $53,077 (+0.9%)	$67,371 → $57,500 (-14.7%)
Median home value	$90,300 → $173,800 (+92.5%)	$94,400 → $110,300 (+16.8%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $575 (+0.0%)	$733 → $808 (+10.2%)

Ponca

Population

915707

Median household income

$52,604$53,077

Median home value

$90,300$173,800

Median gross rent

$575$575

Wakefield

Population

1,5451,288

Median household income

$67,371$57,500

Median home value

$94,400$110,300

Median gross rent

$733$808

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ponca	Wakefield
Under 5	8.5%	8.7%
5 to 17	9.1%	26.3%
18 to 24	5.0%	5.8%
25 to 34	17.0%	6.9%
35 to 44	11.7%	17.5%
45 to 54	9.5%	10.4%
55 to 64	13.9%	9.6%
65 to 74	7.5%	5.6%
75 and over	18.0%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ponca	Wakefield
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	42.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	56.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ponca	Wakefield
No high school diploma	8.0%	40.2%
High school graduate	35.0%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ponca	Wakefield
Drove alone	80.4%	63.0%
Carpooled	7.9%	15.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	15.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ponca	Wakefield
1-unit, detached	72.6%	92.1%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	1.5%
20 or more units	6.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Ponca	Wakefield
Poverty rate	2.6%	5.0%
Average household size	1.86	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1969	1957