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Population (year 2000): 25,919. Estimated
population in July 2005: 25,070 (-3.3% change)
Males: 12,326 (47.6%), Females: 13,593 (52.4%)
Kay
County
Zip codes:
74601,
74604.
Median resident age: 38.2 years
Median household income: $31,406 (year 2000)
Median house value: $58,900 (year 2000)
Races in Ponca City:
- White Non-Hispanic (82.5%)
- American Indian (9.2%)
- Hispanic (4.4%)
- Two or more races (3.8%)
- Black (3.0%)
- Other race (2.1%)
Ancestries: German (16.4%), English (11.8%),
United States (11.5%), Irish (10.7%), French (3.2%),
Scotch-Irish (2.8%).
Elevation: 1022 feet
Land area: 18.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Ponca City
- High school or higher: 83.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 21.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.3%
- Unemployed: 8.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 13.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Ponca City city
- Never married: 18.8%
- Now married: 57.8%
- Separated: 1.2%
- Widowed: 9.8%
- Divorced: 12.4%
2.4% Foreign born (1.4% Latin America, 0.6%
Asia, 0.3% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: -673 (-2.5%).
Hospital/medical center in Ponca City:
- VIA CHRISTI OKLA REG MEDICAL CENTER (1900
NORTH 14TH STREET)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Ponca City:
- INTEGRIS BLACKWELL REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 17
miles; BLACKWELL, OK)
- SOUTH CENTRAL KS REGIONAL MED CENTER (about 25
miles; ARKANSAS CITY, KS)
- FAIRFAX MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 28 miles; FAIRFAX,
OK)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Ponca City:
- STILLWATER RGNL (about 39 miles; STILLWATER, OK; ID:
SWO)
- VANCE AFB (about 63 miles; ENID, OK; ID: END)
- MC CONNELL AFB (about 64 miles; WICHITA, KS; ID:
IAB)
Other public-use airports nearest to Ponca City:
- PONCA CITY RGNL (about 1 miles; PONCA CITY, OK; ID:
PNC)
- SKY PARK (about 12 miles; NEWKIRK, OK; ID: 4K8)
- BLACKWELL-TONKAWA MUNI (about 19 miles; BLACKWELL,
OK; ID: 4O3)
College/University in Ponca City:
- PIONEER TECHNOLOGY CENTER (Full-time
enrollment: 67; Location: 2101 N ASH; Public; Website:
pioneertech.org)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Ponca City:
- COWLEY COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 25 miles;
ARKANSAS CITY, KS; Full-time enrollment: 2,392)
- OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 43
miles; STILLWATER, OK; FT enrollment: 16,937)
- LANGSTON UNIVERSITY (about 55 miles; LANGSTON, OK;
FT enrollment: 2,324)
- FRIENDS UNIVERSITY (about 69 miles; WICHITA, KS; FT
enrollment: 2,983)
- WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 74 miles; WICHITA,
KS; FT enrollment: 10,403)
- UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA (about 76 miles;
EDMOND, OK; FT enrollment: 10,926)
- BUTLER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 79 miles; EL
DORADO, KS; FT enrollment: 4,250)
Public high school in Ponca City:
- PONCA CITY HS (Students: 1,762; Location: 927
N 5TH ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
Private high school in Ponca City:
- CORNERSTONE COMM CHRISTIAN ACD (Students: 27;
Location: 3401 NORTH UNION; Grades: 4 - 12)
Biggest public primary/middle schools in Ponca City:
- PONCA CITY WEST MS (Students: 839; Location:
1401 W GRAND; Grades: 06 - 07)
- LINCOLN ES (Students: 544; Location: 1501
WEST GRAND; Grades: PK - 05)
- PONCA CITY EAST MS (Students: 417; Location:
612 E. GRAND; Grades: 08 - 08)
- E. M. TROUT ES (Students: 414; Location: 2109
E. PROSPECT; Grades: PK - 05)
- LIBERTY ES (Students: 352; Location: 505 W
LIBERTY; Grades: PK - 05)
- WOODLANDS ES (Students: 333; Location: 2005
E. WOODLANDS ROAD; Grades: PK - 05)
- UNION ES (Students: 322; Location: 2617 N
UNION ST; Grades: PK - 05)
- WASHINGTON ES (Students: 303; Location: 1615
NORTH SEVENTH; Grades: PK - 05)
- GARFIELD ACADEMY (Students: 302; Location:
601 SOUTH 7TH; Grades: PK - 05)
- MCCORD ES (Students: 220; Location: 4001
SHERWIN AVE.; Grades: PK - 06)
Private primary/middle schools in Ponca City:
- FIRST LUTHERAN SCHOOL (Students: 272;
Location: 1104 N 4TH; Grades: PK - 8)
- ST MARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 237;
Location: 415 SOUTH 7TH STREET; Grades: PK - 8)
- FIRST ASSEMBLY CHRISTIAN SCHOO (Students:
145; Location: 1308 E BRADLEY AVE; Grades: PK - 6)
Library in Ponca City:
- PONCA CITY LIBRARY (Operating income:
$691,984; Location: 515 EAST GRAND; 78,818 books; 3,689
audio materials; 3,123 video materials; 262 serial
subscriptions)
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