Geary vs Watonga

A side-by-side comparison of Geary and Watonga: population, income, housing, and more.

Geary and Watonga are places in Oklahoma. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Watonga has the higher population (2,633 vs 861 in Geary). Watonga has the higher median household income ($50,765 vs $42,813 in Geary). Watonga has the higher median home value ($101,900 vs $62,100 in Geary).

Population, income & housing

	Geary	Watonga
Population	861	2,633
Median age	39.1 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$42,813	$50,765
Median home value	$62,100	$101,900
Median gross rent	$963	$831
Housing units	491	1,073
Homeownership rate	68.3%	59.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	5.5%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	13.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Geary	Watonga
Population	1,218 → 861 (-29.3%)	2,881 → 2,633 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$37,679 → $42,813 (+13.6%)	$42,771 → $50,765 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$60,700 → $62,100 (+2.3%)	$81,900 → $101,900 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$546 → $963 (+76.4%)	$560 → $831 (+48.4%)

Geary

Population

1,218861

Median household income

$37,679$42,813

Median home value

$60,700$62,100

Median gross rent

$546$963

Watonga

Population

2,8812,633

Median household income

$42,771$50,765

Median home value

$81,900$101,900

Median gross rent

$560$831

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Geary	Watonga
Under 5	8.5%	4.3%
5 to 17	17.4%	15.9%
18 to 24	4.6%	6.0%
25 to 34	16.8%	19.0%
35 to 44	11.6%	16.9%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.8%
55 to 64	12.8%	14.1%
65 to 74	11.1%	5.3%
75 and over	4.9%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Geary	Watonga
White (non-Hispanic)	53.7%	51.8%
Black or African American	1.7%	11.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	17.9%	9.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.5%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	19.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Geary	Watonga
No high school diploma	17.9%	19.3%
High school graduate	46.5%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Geary	Watonga
Drove alone	77.9%	84.3%
Carpooled	13.8%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	6.9%	1.0%
Other means	1.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Geary	Watonga
1-unit, detached	87.2%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Geary	Watonga
Poverty rate	34.3%	15.1%
Average household size	2.33	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1962	1966