Blanchard vs Newcastle

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

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

Newcastle has the higher population (12,238 vs 9,276 in Blanchard). Newcastle has the higher median household income ($97,315 vs $89,472 in Blanchard). Blanchard has the higher median home value ($259,100 vs $255,100 in Newcastle).

Population, income & housing

	Blanchard	Newcastle
Population	9,276	12,238
Median age	38.6 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$89,472	$97,315
Median home value	$259,100	$255,100
Median gross rent	$970	$1,020
Housing units	3,573	4,840
Homeownership rate	80.9%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.6%	34.6%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blanchard	Newcastle
Population	8,386 → 9,276 (+10.6%)	9,967 → 12,238 (+22.8%)
Median household income	$78,828 → $89,472 (+13.5%)	$81,306 → $97,315 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$191,700 → $259,100 (+35.2%)	$197,900 → $255,100 (+28.9%)
Median gross rent	$743 → $970 (+30.6%)	$769 → $1,020 (+32.6%)

Blanchard

Population

8,3869,276

Median household income

$78,828$89,472

Median home value

$191,700$259,100

Median gross rent

$743$970

Newcastle

Population

9,96712,238

Median household income

$81,306$97,315

Median home value

$197,900$255,100

Median gross rent

$769$1,020

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blanchard	Newcastle
Under 5	5.9%	5.0%
5 to 17	19.5%	19.7%
18 to 24	9.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	10.9%	12.1%
35 to 44	14.4%	16.0%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.6%
65 to 74	8.4%	9.4%
75 and over	5.5%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blanchard	Newcastle
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	77.6%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.3%	5.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.7%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blanchard	Newcastle
No high school diploma	5.0%	7.2%
High school graduate	29.9%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blanchard	Newcastle
Drove alone	82.1%	81.8%
Carpooled	6.2%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.8%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	11.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blanchard	Newcastle
1-unit, detached	86.9%	89.7%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	3.2%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Blanchard	Newcastle
Poverty rate	6.7%	3.6%
Average household size	2.71	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	2001	2002