Ponca City vs Tonkawa

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

Ponca City and Tonkawa 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 3,018 in Tonkawa). Tonkawa has the higher median household income ($57,711 vs $55,270 in Ponca City). Ponca City has the higher median home value ($127,500 vs $83,000 in Tonkawa).

Population, income & housing

	Ponca City	Tonkawa
Population	24,377	3,018
Median age	37.2 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,270	$57,711
Median home value	$127,500	$83,000
Median gross rent	$827	$802
Housing units	11,503	1,359
Homeownership rate	62.3%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ponca City	Tonkawa
Population	24,134 → 24,377 (+1.0%)	3,052 → 3,018 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$44,043 → $55,270 (+25.5%)	$46,134 → $57,711 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$96,600 → $127,500 (+32.0%)	$70,900 → $83,000 (+17.1%)
Median gross rent	$678 → $827 (+22.0%)	$626 → $802 (+28.1%)

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

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)

	Ponca City	Tonkawa
Under 5	7.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	18.1%	17.1%
18 to 24	9.3%	14.0%
25 to 34	12.7%	11.9%
35 to 44	13.4%	9.3%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.3%
55 to 64	11.1%	10.8%
65 to 74	9.8%	10.7%
75 and over	7.7%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ponca City	Tonkawa
White (non-Hispanic)	67.9%	75.8%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.4%	4.3%
Asian	0.7%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.3%	10.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ponca City	Tonkawa
No high school diploma	9.0%	11.1%
High school graduate	33.5%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ponca City	Tonkawa
Drove alone	78.3%	80.2%
Carpooled	13.9%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	3.4%	5.0%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ponca City	Tonkawa
1-unit, detached	80.8%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	3.5%
20 or more units	3.5%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Ponca City	Tonkawa
Poverty rate	16.7%	14.5%
Average household size	2.54	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	16	19
Median year structure built	1964	1953