Kaw City vs Newkirk

A side-by-side comparison of Kaw City and Newkirk: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Newkirk has the higher population (2,024 vs 311 in Kaw City). Kaw City has the higher median household income ($55,833 vs $53,125 in Newkirk). Kaw City has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $99,000 in Newkirk).

Population, income & housing

	Kaw City	Newkirk
Population	311	2,024
Median age	57.7 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,833	$53,125
Median home value	$125,000	$99,000
Median gross rent	$688	$613
Housing units	233	967
Homeownership rate	92.3%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.4%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kaw City	Newkirk
Population	321 → 311 (-3.1%)	2,324 → 2,024 (-12.9%)
Median household income	$45,000 → $55,833 (+24.1%)	$38,750 → $53,125 (+37.1%)
Median home value	$95,600 → $125,000 (+30.8%)	$78,300 → $99,000 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	$475 → $688 (+44.8%)	$607 → $613 (+1.0%)

Kaw City

Population

321311

Median household income

$45,000$55,833

Median home value

$95,600$125,000

Median gross rent

$475$688

Newkirk

Population

2,3242,024

Median household income

$38,750$53,125

Median home value

$78,300$99,000

Median gross rent

$607$613

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kaw City	Newkirk
Under 5	4.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	10.0%	17.8%
18 to 24	2.6%	8.7%
25 to 34	5.8%	15.3%
35 to 44	8.7%	12.5%
45 to 54	13.8%	9.8%
55 to 64	17.0%	10.8%
65 to 74	16.1%	11.5%
75 and over	21.2%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kaw City	Newkirk
White (non-Hispanic)	72.0%	70.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	15.1%	12.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.8%	10.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kaw City	Newkirk
No high school diploma	10.5%	12.2%
High school graduate	31.1%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	52.9%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kaw City	Newkirk
Drove alone	84.0%	87.3%
Carpooled	9.4%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.6%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kaw City	Newkirk
1-unit, detached	76.8%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	20.2%	13.8%

Poverty & households

	Kaw City	Newkirk
Poverty rate	8.7%	13.6%
Average household size	2.39	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	42	21
Median year structure built	1981	1967