Blackburn vs Ralston

A side-by-side comparison of Blackburn and Ralston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ralston has the higher population (344 vs 80 in Blackburn). Ralston has the higher median household income ($60,625 vs $58,750 in Blackburn). Blackburn has the higher median home value ($78,300 vs $40,400 in Ralston).

Population, income & housing

	Blackburn	Ralston
Population	80	344
Median age	49.0 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$60,625
Median home value	$78,300	$40,400
Median gross rent	$625	$475
Housing units	46	152
Homeownership rate	83.3%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	7.6%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blackburn	Ralston
Population	82 → 80 (-2.4%)	315 → 344 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$50,625 → $58,750 (+16.0%)	$35,625 → $60,625 (+70.2%)
Median home value	$39,300 → $78,300 (+99.2%)	$27,800 → $40,400 (+45.3%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $625 (+7.2%)	$625 → $475 (-24.0%)

Blackburn

Population

8280

Median household income

$50,625$58,750

Median home value

$39,300$78,300

Median gross rent

$583$625

Ralston

Population

315344

Median household income

$35,625$60,625

Median home value

$27,800$40,400

Median gross rent

$625$475

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blackburn	Ralston
Under 5	11.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.5%	22.1%
18 to 24	5.0%	3.5%
25 to 34	11.3%	14.8%
35 to 44	2.5%	12.2%
45 to 54	12.5%	9.9%
55 to 64	26.3%	18.6%
65 to 74	11.3%	9.0%
75 and over	2.5%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blackburn	Ralston
White (non-Hispanic)	61.3%	71.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	33.8%	12.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	11.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blackburn	Ralston
No high school diploma	20.8%	14.3%
High school graduate	50.9%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	9.4%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blackburn	Ralston
Drove alone	87.1%	78.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.2%
Worked from home	12.9%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blackburn	Ralston
1-unit, detached	80.4%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.6%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Blackburn	Ralston
Poverty rate	32.5%	14.2%
Average household size	2.67	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	43	31
Median year structure built	1960	1947