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Ponca City, OK

24,377 Population
18.4 square miles 1,326.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±0.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Ponca City, OK Micro Area: 38.3 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Oklahoma: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,902 ±$1,946 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Ponca City, OK Micro Area: $31,190 ±$1,151
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Oklahoma: $34,859 ±$251
$55,270 ±$4,642 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Ponca City, OK Micro Area: $56,673 ±$2,707
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Oklahoma: $63,603 ±$419

16.7% ±2.2% (3,985  ±525) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Ponca City, OK Micro Area: 15.5% † 6,616 (±1.7% / ±714)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 15.3% 593,820 (±0.2% / ±6,983)

15.8 minutes ±1.1 (159,570  ±13,369) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Ponca City, OK Micro Area: 18.5 332,005 (±0.8 / ±16,935)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Oklahoma: 22.4 36,910,328 (±0.1 / ±227,614)

Families

9,317 ±291 Number of households
  • the Ponca City, OK Micro Area: 16,716 ±345
  • Oklahoma: 1,542,780 ±3,468
2.5 ±0.1 (23,700  ±126) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Ponca City, OK Micro Area: 2.5 42,454 (±0.1 / ±216)
  • about the same as the figure in Oklahoma: 2.5 3,878,064

6.7% ±2% (369  ±109) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Ponca City, OK Micro Area: 6.3% † 580 (±1.3% / ±124)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 5.7% 52,942 (±0.2% / ±1,667)

Housing

11,503 ±227 Number of housing units
  • the Ponca City, OK Micro Area: 20,923 ±111
  • Oklahoma: 1,763,036 ±1,066

$127,500 ±$8,922 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Ponca City, OK Micro Area: $116,800 ±$4,857
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Oklahoma: $185,900 ±$1,137

16.5% ±2.2% (3,966  ±523.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Ponca City, OK Micro Area: 15.2% 6,586 (±1.5% / ±633.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 14.9% 587,832 (±0.2% / ±8,342.9)

Social

91% ±4% (14,551  ±682) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Ponca City, OK Micro Area: 90.5% 26,240 (±2.9% / ±836.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Oklahoma: 89.1% 2,354,247 (±0.4% / ±9,500.3)
20% ±2.3% (3,194  ±363.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Ponca City, OK Micro Area: 18.5% 5,369 (±1.5% / ±430.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Oklahoma: 27.8% 733,793 (±0.2% / ±5,259.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.1% ±0.8% (752  ±189) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Ponca City, OK Micro Area: 2.8% 1,232
  • about half the rate in Oklahoma: 6.3% 249,771

10.2% ±1.5% (1,864  ±272) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Ponca City, OK Micro Area: 9.5% 3,122 (±0.9% / ±300)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 8.2% 247,634 (±0.1% / ±3,573)
1,864 Total veterans ±272 1,710 Male ±242 154 Female ±100

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