Medford vs Pond Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Medford and Pond Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Medford has the higher population (1,014 vs 904 in Pond Creek). Medford has the higher median household income ($61,477 vs $60,208 in Pond Creek). Pond Creek has the higher median home value ($93,400 vs $65,600 in Medford).

Population, income & housing

	Medford	Pond Creek
Population	1,014	904
Median age	39.9 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$61,477	$60,208
Median home value	$65,600	$93,400
Median gross rent	$814	$992
Housing units	466	396
Homeownership rate	68.3%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Medford	Pond Creek
Population	1,009 → 1,014 (+0.5%)	1,153 → 904 (-21.6%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $61,477 (+32.9%)	$58,796 → $60,208 (+2.4%)
Median home value	$66,400 → $65,600 (-1.2%)	$88,200 → $93,400 (+5.9%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $814 (+8.5%)	$736 → $992 (+34.8%)

Medford

Population

1,0091,014

Median household income

$46,250$61,477

Median home value

$66,400$65,600

Median gross rent

$750$814

Pond Creek

Population

1,153904

Median household income

$58,796$60,208

Median home value

$88,200$93,400

Median gross rent

$736$992

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Medford	Pond Creek
Under 5	7.9%	8.8%
5 to 17	16.1%	23.9%
18 to 24	10.2%	9.2%
25 to 34	10.8%	13.4%
35 to 44	15.7%	9.8%
45 to 54	9.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	6.6%	13.5%
65 to 74	11.8%	6.9%
75 and over	11.5%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Medford	Pond Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	85.6%
Black or African American	1.2%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.6%	1.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Medford	Pond Creek
No high school diploma	9.1%	16.2%
High school graduate	35.2%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Medford	Pond Creek
Drove alone	72.3%	77.7%
Carpooled	13.3%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	11.8%
Other means	6.3%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Medford	Pond Creek
1-unit, detached	89.5%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Medford	Pond Creek
Poverty rate	18.8%	22.1%
Average household size	2.54	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1967	1972