Newkirk vs Tonkawa

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

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

Tonkawa has the higher population (3,018 vs 2,024 in Newkirk). Tonkawa has the higher median household income ($57,711 vs $53,125 in Newkirk). Newkirk has the higher median home value ($99,000 vs $83,000 in Tonkawa).

Population, income & housing

	Newkirk	Tonkawa
Population	2,024	3,018
Median age	36.7 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,125	$57,711
Median home value	$99,000	$83,000
Median gross rent	$613	$802
Housing units	967	1,359
Homeownership rate	70.7%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newkirk	Tonkawa
Population	2,324 → 2,024 (-12.9%)	3,052 → 3,018 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $53,125 (+37.1%)	$46,134 → $57,711 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$78,300 → $99,000 (+26.4%)	$70,900 → $83,000 (+17.1%)
Median gross rent	$607 → $613 (+1.0%)	$626 → $802 (+28.1%)

Newkirk

Population

2,3242,024

Median household income

$38,750$53,125

Median home value

$78,300$99,000

Median gross rent

$607$613

Tonkawa

Population

3,0523,018

Median household income

$46,134$57,711

Median home value

$70,900$83,000

Median gross rent

$626$802

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newkirk	Tonkawa
Under 5	5.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.8%	17.1%
18 to 24	8.7%	14.0%
25 to 34	15.3%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.5%	9.3%
45 to 54	9.8%	11.3%
55 to 64	10.8%	10.8%
65 to 74	11.5%	10.7%
75 and over	8.0%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newkirk	Tonkawa
White (non-Hispanic)	70.6%	75.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	12.1%	4.3%
Asian	0.1%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.6%	10.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newkirk	Tonkawa
No high school diploma	12.2%	11.1%
High school graduate	39.2%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newkirk	Tonkawa
Drove alone	87.3%	80.2%
Carpooled	8.7%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	2.3%	5.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newkirk	Tonkawa
1-unit, detached	73.3%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.7%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	13.8%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Newkirk	Tonkawa
Poverty rate	13.6%	14.5%
Average household size	2.41	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1967	1953