Newcastle vs Purcell

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

Newcastle and Purcell 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 6,716 in Purcell). Newcastle has the higher median household income ($97,315 vs $60,529 in Purcell). Newcastle has the higher median home value ($255,100 vs $163,000 in Purcell).

Population, income & housing

	Newcastle	Purcell
Population	12,238	6,716
Median age	40.1 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$97,315	$60,529
Median home value	$255,100	$163,000
Median gross rent	$1,020	$871
Housing units	4,840	2,752
Homeownership rate	82.4%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.6%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newcastle	Purcell
Population	9,967 → 12,238 (+22.8%)	6,401 → 6,716 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$81,306 → $97,315 (+19.7%)	$53,155 → $60,529 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$197,900 → $255,100 (+28.9%)	$149,700 → $163,000 (+8.9%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $1,020 (+32.6%)	$803 → $871 (+8.5%)

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

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)

	Newcastle	Purcell
Under 5	5.0%	7.9%
5 to 17	19.7%	19.8%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.8%
25 to 34	12.1%	14.1%
35 to 44	16.0%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.6%	10.3%
65 to 74	9.4%	9.2%
75 and over	5.9%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newcastle	Purcell
White (non-Hispanic)	77.6%	68.2%
Black or African American	1.9%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.7%	5.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.4%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	17.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newcastle	Purcell
No high school diploma	7.2%	21.9%
High school graduate	27.3%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newcastle	Purcell
Drove alone	81.8%	83.0%
Carpooled	6.2%	10.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	5.6%
Other means	0.3%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newcastle	Purcell
1-unit, detached	89.7%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.4%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Newcastle	Purcell
Poverty rate	3.6%	11.4%
Average household size	2.62	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	2002	1982