Blanchard vs Purcell

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

Blanchard and Purcell 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 6,716 in Purcell). Blanchard has the higher median household income ($89,472 vs $60,529 in Purcell). Blanchard has the higher median home value ($259,100 vs $163,000 in Purcell).

Population, income & housing

	Blanchard	Purcell
Population	9,276	6,716
Median age	38.6 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$89,472	$60,529
Median home value	$259,100	$163,000
Median gross rent	$970	$871
Housing units	3,573	2,752
Homeownership rate	80.9%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.6%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blanchard	Purcell
Population	8,386 → 9,276 (+10.6%)	6,401 → 6,716 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$78,828 → $89,472 (+13.5%)	$53,155 → $60,529 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$191,700 → $259,100 (+35.2%)	$149,700 → $163,000 (+8.9%)
Median gross rent	$743 → $970 (+30.6%)	$803 → $871 (+8.5%)

Blanchard

Population

8,3869,276

Median household income

$78,828$89,472

Median home value

$191,700$259,100

Median gross rent

$743$970

Purcell

Population

6,4016,716

Median household income

$53,155$60,529

Median home value

$149,700$163,000

Median gross rent

$803$871

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blanchard	Purcell
Under 5	5.9%	7.9%
5 to 17	19.5%	19.8%
18 to 24	9.1%	7.8%
25 to 34	10.9%	14.1%
35 to 44	14.4%	11.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.2%	10.3%
65 to 74	8.4%	9.2%
75 and over	5.5%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blanchard	Purcell
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	68.2%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.3%	5.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	17.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blanchard	Purcell
No high school diploma	5.0%	21.9%
High school graduate	29.9%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blanchard	Purcell
Drove alone	82.1%	83.0%
Carpooled	6.2%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blanchard	Purcell
1-unit, detached	86.9%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	2.5%
20 or more units	1.0%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Blanchard	Purcell
Poverty rate	6.7%	11.4%
Average household size	2.71	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	30	22
Median year structure built	2001	1982