Newkirk vs Ponca City

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

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

Ponca City has the higher population (24,377 vs 2,024 in Newkirk). Ponca City has the higher median household income ($55,270 vs $53,125 in Newkirk). Ponca City has the higher median home value ($127,500 vs $99,000 in Newkirk).

Population, income & housing

	Newkirk	Ponca City
Population	2,024	24,377
Median age	36.7 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,125	$55,270
Median home value	$99,000	$127,500
Median gross rent	$613	$827
Housing units	967	11,503
Homeownership rate	70.7%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newkirk	Ponca City
Population	2,324 → 2,024 (-12.9%)	24,134 → 24,377 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $53,125 (+37.1%)	$44,043 → $55,270 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$78,300 → $99,000 (+26.4%)	$96,600 → $127,500 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$607 → $613 (+1.0%)	$678 → $827 (+22.0%)

Newkirk

Population

2,3242,024

Median household income

$38,750$53,125

Median home value

$78,300$99,000

Median gross rent

$607$613

Ponca City

Population

24,13424,377

Median household income

$44,043$55,270

Median home value

$96,600$127,500

Median gross rent

$678$827

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newkirk	Ponca City
Under 5	5.6%	7.0%
5 to 17	17.8%	18.1%
18 to 24	8.7%	9.3%
25 to 34	15.3%	12.7%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.4%
45 to 54	9.8%	11.0%
55 to 64	10.8%	11.1%
65 to 74	11.5%	9.8%
75 and over	8.0%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newkirk	Ponca City
White (non-Hispanic)	70.6%	67.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	12.1%	7.4%
Asian	0.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	10.6%	10.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newkirk	Ponca City
No high school diploma	12.2%	9.0%
High school graduate	39.2%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newkirk	Ponca City
Drove alone	87.3%	78.3%
Carpooled	8.7%	13.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	3.4%
Other means	0.3%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newkirk	Ponca City
1-unit, detached	73.3%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.7%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	13.8%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Newkirk	Ponca City
Poverty rate	13.6%	16.7%
Average household size	2.41	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	21	16
Median year structure built	1967	1964