Pawnee vs Ralston

A side-by-side comparison of Pawnee and Ralston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pawnee has the higher population (1,887 vs 344 in Ralston). Ralston has the higher median household income ($60,625 vs $42,148 in Pawnee). Pawnee has the higher median home value ($97,000 vs $40,400 in Ralston).

Population, income & housing

	Pawnee	Ralston
Population	1,887	344
Median age	37.0 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$42,148	$60,625
Median home value	$97,000	$40,400
Median gross rent	$794	$475
Housing units	1,019	152
Homeownership rate	66.0%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	7.6%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pawnee	Ralston
Population	2,068 → 1,887 (-8.8%)	315 → 344 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$33,375 → $42,148 (+26.3%)	$35,625 → $60,625 (+70.2%)
Median home value	$74,100 → $97,000 (+30.9%)	$27,800 → $40,400 (+45.3%)
Median gross rent	$632 → $794 (+25.6%)	$625 → $475 (-24.0%)

Pawnee

Population

2,0681,887

Median household income

$33,375$42,148

Median home value

$74,100$97,000

Median gross rent

$632$794

Ralston

Population

315344

Median household income

$35,625$60,625

Median home value

$27,800$40,400

Median gross rent

$625$475

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pawnee	Ralston
Under 5	5.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	18.7%	22.1%
18 to 24	7.8%	3.5%
25 to 34	15.4%	14.8%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.2%
45 to 54	9.7%	9.9%
55 to 64	11.9%	18.6%
65 to 74	9.4%	9.0%
75 and over	8.9%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pawnee	Ralston
White (non-Hispanic)	65.6%	71.8%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	22.2%	12.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.1%	11.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pawnee	Ralston
No high school diploma	13.4%	14.3%
High school graduate	38.5%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pawnee	Ralston
Drove alone	78.4%	78.1%
Carpooled	15.6%	13.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	2.2%
Worked from home	3.9%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pawnee	Ralston
1-unit, detached	81.1%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Pawnee	Ralston
Poverty rate	14.5%	14.2%
Average household size	2.36	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	20	31
Median year structure built	1967	1947