Blackwell vs Tonkawa

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

Blackwell and Tonkawa 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 3,018 in Tonkawa). Tonkawa has the higher median household income ($57,711 vs $50,104 in Blackwell). Tonkawa has the higher median home value ($83,000 vs $77,000 in Blackwell).

Population, income & housing

	Blackwell	Tonkawa
Population	6,091	3,018
Median age	37.4 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$50,104	$57,711
Median home value	$77,000	$83,000
Median gross rent	$852	$802
Housing units	3,225	1,359
Homeownership rate	65.9%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blackwell	Tonkawa
Population	6,696 → 6,091 (-9.0%)	3,052 → 3,018 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$42,371 → $50,104 (+18.3%)	$46,134 → $57,711 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$63,800 → $77,000 (+20.7%)	$70,900 → $83,000 (+17.1%)
Median gross rent	$773 → $852 (+10.2%)	$626 → $802 (+28.1%)

Blackwell

Population

6,6966,091

Median household income

$42,371$50,104

Median home value

$63,800$77,000

Median gross rent

$773$852

Tonkawa

Population

3,0523,018

Median household income

$46,134$57,711

Median home value

$70,900$83,000

Median gross rent

$626$802

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blackwell	Tonkawa
Under 5	7.2%	5.9%
5 to 17	19.1%	17.1%
18 to 24	6.6%	14.0%
25 to 34	14.1%	11.9%
35 to 44	9.3%	9.3%
45 to 54	8.5%	11.3%
55 to 64	14.1%	10.8%
65 to 74	12.9%	10.7%
75 and over	8.2%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blackwell	Tonkawa
White (non-Hispanic)	74.3%	75.8%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.7%	4.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	10.9%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blackwell	Tonkawa
No high school diploma	10.3%	11.1%
High school graduate	44.8%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blackwell	Tonkawa
Drove alone	83.7%	80.2%
Carpooled	10.4%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	2.2%	5.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blackwell	Tonkawa
1-unit, detached	85.3%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	3.5%
20 or more units	2.7%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Blackwell	Tonkawa
Poverty rate	17.3%	14.5%
Average household size	2.57	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1954	1953