Blackwell vs Ponca City

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

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

Ponca City has the higher population (24,377 vs 6,091 in Blackwell). Ponca City has the higher median household income ($55,270 vs $50,104 in Blackwell). Ponca City has the higher median home value ($127,500 vs $77,000 in Blackwell).

Population, income & housing

	Blackwell	Ponca City
Population	6,091	24,377
Median age	37.4 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$50,104	$55,270
Median home value	$77,000	$127,500
Median gross rent	$852	$827
Housing units	3,225	11,503
Homeownership rate	65.9%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blackwell	Ponca City
Population	6,696 → 6,091 (-9.0%)	24,134 → 24,377 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$42,371 → $50,104 (+18.3%)	$44,043 → $55,270 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$63,800 → $77,000 (+20.7%)	$96,600 → $127,500 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$773 → $852 (+10.2%)	$678 → $827 (+22.0%)

Blackwell

Population

6,6966,091

Median household income

$42,371$50,104

Median home value

$63,800$77,000

Median gross rent

$773$852

Ponca City

Population

24,13424,377

Median household income

$44,043$55,270

Median home value

$96,600$127,500

Median gross rent

$678$827

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blackwell	Ponca City
Under 5	7.2%	7.0%
5 to 17	19.1%	18.1%
18 to 24	6.6%	9.3%
25 to 34	14.1%	12.7%
35 to 44	9.3%	13.4%
45 to 54	8.5%	11.0%
55 to 64	14.1%	11.1%
65 to 74	12.9%	9.8%
75 and over	8.2%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blackwell	Ponca City
White (non-Hispanic)	74.3%	67.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.7%	7.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.3%	10.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blackwell	Ponca City
No high school diploma	10.3%	9.0%
High school graduate	44.8%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blackwell	Ponca City
Drove alone	83.7%	78.3%
Carpooled	10.4%	13.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	3.4%
Other means	1.2%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blackwell	Ponca City
1-unit, detached	85.3%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	4.7%
20 or more units	2.7%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Blackwell	Ponca City
Poverty rate	17.3%	16.7%
Average household size	2.57	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	22	16
Median year structure built	1954	1964