Blackwell vs Kaw City

A side-by-side comparison of Blackwell and Kaw City: population, income, housing, and more.

Blackwell and Kaw City are places in Oklahoma. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Blackwell has the higher population (6,091 vs 311 in Kaw City). Kaw City has the higher median household income ($55,833 vs $50,104 in Blackwell). Kaw City has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $77,000 in Blackwell).

Population, income & housing

	Blackwell	Kaw City
Population	6,091	311
Median age	37.4 yrs	57.7 yrs
Median household income	$50,104	$55,833
Median home value	$77,000	$125,000
Median gross rent	$852	$688
Housing units	3,225	233
Homeownership rate	65.9%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blackwell	Kaw City
Population	6,696 → 6,091 (-9.0%)	321 → 311 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$42,371 → $50,104 (+18.3%)	$45,000 → $55,833 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$63,800 → $77,000 (+20.7%)	$95,600 → $125,000 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$773 → $852 (+10.2%)	$475 → $688 (+44.8%)

Blackwell

Population

6,6966,091

Median household income

$42,371$50,104

Median home value

$63,800$77,000

Median gross rent

$773$852

Kaw City

Population

321311

Median household income

$45,000$55,833

Median home value

$95,600$125,000

Median gross rent

$475$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blackwell	Kaw City
Under 5	7.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	19.1%	10.0%
18 to 24	6.6%	2.6%
25 to 34	14.1%	5.8%
35 to 44	9.3%	8.7%
45 to 54	8.5%	13.8%
55 to 64	14.1%	17.0%
65 to 74	12.9%	16.1%
75 and over	8.2%	21.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blackwell	Kaw City
White (non-Hispanic)	74.3%	72.0%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.7%	15.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blackwell	Kaw City
No high school diploma	10.3%	10.5%
High school graduate	44.8%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blackwell	Kaw City
Drove alone	83.7%	84.0%
Carpooled	10.4%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	6.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blackwell	Kaw City
1-unit, detached	85.3%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	20.2%

Poverty & households

	Blackwell	Kaw City
Poverty rate	17.3%	8.7%
Average household size	2.57	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	22	42
Median year structure built	1954	1981