Blanchard vs Oil City

A side-by-side comparison of Blanchard and Oil City: population, income, housing, and more.

Blanchard and Oil City are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Blanchard has the higher population (3,452 vs 941 in Oil City). Blanchard has the higher median household income ($80,142 vs $17,381 in Oil City). Blanchard has the higher median home value ($212,500 vs $55,600 in Oil City).

Population, income & housing

	Blanchard	Oil City
Population	3,452	941
Median age	36.3 yrs	28.5 yrs
Median household income	$80,142	$17,381
Median home value	$212,500	$55,600
Median gross rent	$844	—
Housing units	1,267	533
Homeownership rate	79.8%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	1.6%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	13.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blanchard	Oil City
Population	3,112 → 3,452 (+10.9%)	998 → 941 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$75,912 → $80,142 (+5.6%)	$24,459 → $17,381 (-28.9%)
Median home value	$165,400 → $212,500 (+28.5%)	$92,100 → $55,600 (-39.6%)
Median gross rent	$994 → $844 (-15.1%)	$432 → $475 (+10.0%)

Blanchard

Population

3,1123,452

Median household income

$75,912$80,142

Median home value

$165,400$212,500

Median gross rent

$994$844

Oil City

Population

998941

Median household income

$24,459$17,381

Median home value

$92,100$55,600

Median gross rent

$432$475

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blanchard	Oil City
Under 5	4.5%	11.8%
5 to 17	20.5%	14.0%
18 to 24	6.6%	15.8%
25 to 34	16.5%	13.9%
35 to 44	9.9%	5.5%
45 to 54	15.4%	7.8%
55 to 64	12.5%	18.4%
65 to 74	8.3%	7.5%
75 and over	5.8%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blanchard	Oil City
White (non-Hispanic)	74.6%	33.9%
Black or African American	20.4%	45.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	18.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blanchard	Oil City
No high school diploma	12.0%	21.3%
High school graduate	29.8%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	42.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	0.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blanchard	Oil City
Drove alone	84.8%	56.2%
Carpooled	6.4%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	22.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	4.2%
Other means	3.8%	11.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blanchard	Oil City
1-unit, detached	82.0%	40.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	21.2%
20 or more units	2.2%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	31.7%

Poverty & households

	Blanchard	Oil City
Poverty rate	10.9%	58.4%
Average household size	2.90	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1996	1977