Burns Flat vs New Cordell

A side-by-side comparison of Burns Flat and New Cordell: population, income, housing, and more.

Burns Flat and New Cordell are places in Oklahoma. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

New Cordell has the higher population (2,743 vs 1,954 in Burns Flat). New Cordell has the higher median household income ($70,780 vs $41,974 in Burns Flat). Burns Flat has the higher median home value ($105,100 vs $102,000 in New Cordell).

Population, income & housing

	Burns Flat	New Cordell
Population	1,954	2,743
Median age	34.8 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$41,974	$70,780
Median home value	$105,100	$102,000
Median gross rent	$817	$748
Housing units	916	1,271
Homeownership rate	45.0%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burns Flat	New Cordell
Population	2,260 → 1,954 (-13.5%)	2,813 → 2,743 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$52,500 → $41,974 (-20.0%)	$45,227 → $70,780 (+56.5%)
Median home value	$84,700 → $105,100 (+24.1%)	$79,800 → $102,000 (+27.8%)
Median gross rent	$689 → $817 (+18.6%)	$644 → $748 (+16.1%)

Burns Flat

Population

2,2601,954

Median household income

$52,500$41,974

Median home value

$84,700$105,100

Median gross rent

$689$817

New Cordell

Population

2,8132,743

Median household income

$45,227$70,780

Median home value

$79,800$102,000

Median gross rent

$644$748

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burns Flat	New Cordell
Under 5	5.3%	7.4%
5 to 17	22.6%	17.7%
18 to 24	11.3%	6.2%
25 to 34	11.3%	14.4%
35 to 44	14.2%	7.5%
45 to 54	13.3%	10.5%
55 to 64	8.6%	17.9%
65 to 74	6.6%	9.6%
75 and over	6.8%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burns Flat	New Cordell
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	88.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.9%	1.8%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.6%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	12.3%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burns Flat	New Cordell
No high school diploma	15.6%	17.4%
High school graduate	46.5%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burns Flat	New Cordell
Drove alone	70.0%	81.0%
Carpooled	25.3%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	11.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burns Flat	New Cordell
1-unit, detached	45.6%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	40.5%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Burns Flat	New Cordell
Poverty rate	25.0%	8.1%
Average household size	2.82	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1957	1963