Blanchard vs Cole

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

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

Blanchard has the higher population (9,276 vs 856 in Cole). Blanchard has the higher median household income ($89,472 vs $82,000 in Cole). Blanchard has the higher median home value ($259,100 vs $233,800 in Cole).

Population, income & housing

	Blanchard	Cole
Population	9,276	856
Median age	38.6 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$89,472	$82,000
Median home value	$259,100	$233,800
Median gross rent	$970	$886
Housing units	3,573	309
Homeownership rate	80.9%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.6%	31.2%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blanchard	Cole
Population	8,386 → 9,276 (+10.6%)	739 → 856 (+15.8%)
Median household income	$78,828 → $89,472 (+13.5%)	$63,583 → $82,000 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$191,700 → $259,100 (+35.2%)	$165,800 → $233,800 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$743 → $970 (+30.6%)	$975 → $886 (-9.1%)

Blanchard

Population

8,3869,276

Median household income

$78,828$89,472

Median home value

$191,700$259,100

Median gross rent

$743$970

Cole

Population

739856

Median household income

$63,583$82,000

Median home value

$165,800$233,800

Median gross rent

$975$886

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blanchard	Cole
Under 5	5.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	19.5%	27.1%
18 to 24	9.1%	7.1%
25 to 34	10.9%	11.7%
35 to 44	14.4%	16.4%
45 to 54	13.0%	10.5%
55 to 64	13.2%	9.1%
65 to 74	8.4%	9.1%
75 and over	5.5%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blanchard	Cole
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	73.5%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.3%	2.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	2.7%
Two or more races	6.7%	19.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blanchard	Cole
No high school diploma	5.0%	7.7%
High school graduate	29.9%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blanchard	Cole
Drove alone	82.1%	88.7%
Carpooled	6.2%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blanchard	Cole
1-unit, detached	86.9%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	21.4%

Poverty & households

	Blanchard	Cole
Poverty rate	6.7%	8.8%
Average household size	2.71	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	2001	2003