Pond Creek vs Wakita

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

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

Pond Creek has the higher population (904 vs 290 in Wakita). Pond Creek has the higher median household income ($60,208 vs $35,795 in Wakita). Pond Creek has the higher median home value ($93,400 vs $31,700 in Wakita).

Population, income & housing

	Pond Creek	Wakita
Population	904	290
Median age	32.2 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$60,208	$35,795
Median home value	$93,400	$31,700
Median gross rent	$992	$611
Housing units	396	158
Homeownership rate	70.7%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pond Creek	Wakita
Population	1,153 → 904 (-21.6%)	296 → 290 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$58,796 → $60,208 (+2.4%)	$36,250 → $35,795 (-1.3%)
Median home value	$88,200 → $93,400 (+5.9%)	$47,200 → $31,700 (-32.8%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $992 (+34.8%)	$592 → $611 (+3.2%)

Pond Creek

Population

1,153904

Median household income

$58,796$60,208

Median home value

$88,200$93,400

Median gross rent

$736$992

Wakita

Population

296290

Median household income

$36,250$35,795

Median home value

$47,200$31,700

Median gross rent

$592$611

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pond Creek	Wakita
Under 5	8.8%	9.7%
5 to 17	23.9%	24.1%
18 to 24	9.2%	5.2%
25 to 34	13.4%	8.6%
35 to 44	9.8%	17.6%
45 to 54	11.4%	7.6%
55 to 64	13.5%	9.3%
65 to 74	6.9%	9.7%
75 and over	3.1%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pond Creek	Wakita
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	77.6%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	3.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	18.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pond Creek	Wakita
No high school diploma	16.2%	6.2%
High school graduate	41.9%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pond Creek	Wakita
Drove alone	77.7%	94.6%
Carpooled	6.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	2.7%
Other means	4.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pond Creek	Wakita
1-unit, detached	89.9%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	10.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Pond Creek	Wakita
Poverty rate	22.1%	13.3%
Average household size	2.97	3.42
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1972	1958