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Tonkawa, OK

3,014 Population
4.1 square miles 730.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.6 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Ponca City, OK Micro Area: 38.5 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oklahoma: 37 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,464 ±$1,588 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ponca City, OK Micro Area: $31,071 ±$1,119
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Oklahoma: $35,624 ±$257
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,767 ±$1,607 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Ponca City, OK Micro Area: $58,423 ±$3,014
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Oklahoma: $65,039 ±$439
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.9% ±2.2% (373  ±60) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Ponca City, OK Micro Area: 16% † 6,773 (±1.7% / ±706)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oklahoma: 15.3% 599,071 (±0.2% / ±8,102)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.8 minutes ±1.3 (21,760  ±2,651) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Ponca City, OK Micro Area: 19 336,670 (±1.1 / ±21,127)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Oklahoma: 22.4 36,845,232 (±0.1 / ±206,151)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,149 ±91 Number of households
  • the Ponca City, OK Micro Area: 16,776 ±298
  • Oklahoma: 1,562,389 ±2,824
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (2,687  ±111) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Ponca City, OK Micro Area: 2.5 42,305 (±0.1 / ±215)
  • a little less than the figure in Oklahoma: 2.5 3,911,308
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.1% ±2.1% (44  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Ponca City, OK Micro Area: 5.9% † 542 (±1.3% / ±124)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 5.7% 53,142 (±0.2% / ±1,551)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,334 ±87 Number of housing units
  • the Ponca City, OK Micro Area: 20,913 ±104
  • Oklahoma: 1,775,127 ±745
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$84,300 ±$6,590 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Ponca City, OK Micro Area: $124,700 ±$6,816
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Oklahoma: $199,800 ±$1,121
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.1% ±2.5% (390  ±74.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Ponca City, OK Micro Area: 15.5% † 6,682 (±1.7% / ±739.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oklahoma: 14.4% 575,473 (±0.2% / ±8,326.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.5% ±6.7% (1,673  ±145) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Ponca City, OK Micro Area: 90.5% 26,172 (±3.1% / ±893.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Oklahoma: 89.4% 2,386,427 (±0.4% / ±9,481.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.3% ±3.5% (399  ±68.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Ponca City, OK Micro Area: 19.2% 5,561 (±1.6% / ±466.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Oklahoma: 28.4% 756,531 (±0.2% / ±5,441.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3.6% ±1.5% (109  ±45) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Ponca City, OK Micro Area: 3% 1,291
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Oklahoma: 6.4% 256,215
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.8% ±1.1% (135  ±26) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Ponca City, OK Micro Area: 8.4% 2,749 (±0.8% / ±259)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Oklahoma: 7.9% 240,929 (±0.1% / ±3,200)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
135 Total veterans ±26 124 Male ±25 11 Female ±10

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