Cole vs Purcell

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

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

Purcell has the higher population (6,716 vs 856 in Cole). Cole has the higher median household income ($82,000 vs $60,529 in Purcell). Cole has the higher median home value ($233,800 vs $163,000 in Purcell).

Population, income & housing

	Cole	Purcell
Population	856	6,716
Median age	32.5 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$82,000	$60,529
Median home value	$233,800	$163,000
Median gross rent	$886	$871
Housing units	309	2,752
Homeownership rate	91.2%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.2%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cole	Purcell
Population	739 → 856 (+15.8%)	6,401 → 6,716 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$63,583 → $82,000 (+29.0%)	$53,155 → $60,529 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$165,800 → $233,800 (+41.0%)	$149,700 → $163,000 (+8.9%)
Median gross rent	$975 → $886 (-9.1%)	$803 → $871 (+8.5%)

Cole

Population

739856

Median household income

$63,583$82,000

Median home value

$165,800$233,800

Median gross rent

$975$886

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)

	Cole	Purcell
Under 5	5.1%	7.9%
5 to 17	27.1%	19.8%
18 to 24	7.1%	7.8%
25 to 34	11.7%	14.1%
35 to 44	16.4%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.5%	12.7%
55 to 64	9.1%	10.3%
65 to 74	9.1%	9.2%
75 and over	3.9%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cole	Purcell
White (non-Hispanic)	73.5%	68.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	5.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	19.4%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	17.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cole	Purcell
No high school diploma	7.7%	21.9%
High school graduate	35.5%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cole	Purcell
Drove alone	88.7%	83.0%
Carpooled	4.5%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cole	Purcell
1-unit, detached	77.3%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	21.4%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Cole	Purcell
Poverty rate	8.8%	11.4%
Average household size	2.89	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	2003	1982