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Ponca City, OK

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Ponca City, OK: 2 USPS ZIPs, population 32,558. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet PONCA-CITY-OK · Ponca City, OK 2 ZIPs · 32,558 pop · #14879/25278 · Kay County

INC-MID · RANK-MID · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-FEW · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-MOD · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $66,199
  • RANK-MID #14879/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Newkirk
  • BOOK-FEW 2 ZIPs
  • OWN-MID 70% owners
  • POP-SMALL 32,558
  • SPREAD-MOD 74601→74604
  • HOME-LOW $154,850

Nearest income peer: Newkirk, OK ( $3,054 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Ponca City

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Ponca City on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Ponca City, OK sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.

41st pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
32,558
city population (Census)
2
USPS ZIP codes covered
$66,199
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (2): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $66,199 and poverty 16.0% concentrate in 74601.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (69.6%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Ponca City as a pure owner town.

Within Oklahoma, Barnsdall is the closest lower-income city and Mooreland the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Ponca City.

Within-city ZIP comparison

Where the ZIP codes inside Ponca City differ

Ponca City's city average masks two linked splits. Median household income runs from $52,067 in ZIP 74601 to $80,331 in ZIP 74604, while home values span $99,700 in 74601 to $210,000 in 74604. Compare the endpoint ZIPs before treating the city-level number as a neighborhood-level answer.

Income high-to-low ratio
1.5×

74601 to 74604

Home-value high-to-low ratio
2.1×

74601 to 74604

Poverty-rate spread
4.6 points

74604 to 74601

Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.

Population concentration

Lead ZIP 74601 skews compact Ponca City

In this 2-ZIP cluster, 74601 covers about 62% of Ponca City's 32,558 residents. City averages lean toward that lead; open a thinner sibling ZIP for the contrast the mean hides.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Balanced ZBP roll-up inside compact Ponca City

Citywide ZBP: 734 establishments, 9,836 employees , annual payroll $407,408k (~23 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 2 of 2 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 74601 (581 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (127) · also Health care and social assistance · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Ponca City, OK

These ZIP codes sit in Kay County, which covers 8 ZIP codes in all; 2 of them fall in Ponca City. See the Kay County roll-up →

Ponca City sits in the upper half of Kay County on income: Blackwell, Tonkawa and Newkirk report less, while Braman and Nardin report more. Nardin marks the far end of that range at $90,473, 37% above Ponca City.

Side-by-side: Compare 74601 vs 74604 →

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
74601 20,257 $52,067 581 45
74604 12,301 $80,331 153 35
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Ponca City roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Ponca City, .