Longdale vs Watonga

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

Longdale 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 102 in Longdale). Watonga has the higher median household income ($50,765 vs $37,500 in Longdale). Watonga has the higher median home value ($101,900 vs $82,500 in Longdale).

Population, income & housing

	Longdale	Watonga
Population	102	2,633
Median age	54.0 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$37,500	$50,765
Median home value	$82,500	$101,900
Median gross rent	—	$831
Housing units	99	1,073
Homeownership rate	88.6%	59.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	5.5%
Unemployment rate	13.5%	13.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Longdale	Watonga
Population	290 → 102 (-64.8%)	2,881 → 2,633 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$35,750 → $37,500 (+4.9%)	$42,771 → $50,765 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$54,300 → $82,500 (+51.9%)	$81,900 → $101,900 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$435 → $473 (+8.7%)	$560 → $831 (+48.4%)

Longdale

Population

290102

Median household income

$35,750$37,500

Median home value

$54,300$82,500

Median gross rent

$435$473

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)

	Longdale	Watonga
Under 5	3.9%	4.3%
5 to 17	20.6%	15.9%
18 to 24	2.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	6.9%	19.0%
35 to 44	7.8%	16.9%
45 to 54	9.8%	12.8%
55 to 64	14.7%	14.1%
65 to 74	19.6%	5.3%
75 and over	14.7%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Longdale	Watonga
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	51.8%
Black or African American	1.0%	11.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	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	16.7%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	19.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Longdale	Watonga
No high school diploma	16.0%	19.3%
High school graduate	49.3%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Longdale	Watonga
Drove alone	87.5%	84.3%
Carpooled	9.4%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	3.1%	1.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Longdale	Watonga
1-unit, detached	54.5%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	45.5%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Longdale	Watonga
Poverty rate	19.6%	15.1%
Average household size	2.32	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1974	1966