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SheetOK-BLANCHARD-OK · Blanchard, OK 9,276 pop · income 70th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Blanchard
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Blanchard on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Pryor Creek · lowest
42,500
Pryor Creek · lowest
42,500 median HH income
23.4% of the leader · rank #1
Goldsmith · near
89,464
Goldsmith · near
89,464 median HH income
49.2% of the leader · rank #2
Blanchard · this city
89,472
Blanchard · this city
89,472 median HH income
49.3% of the leader · rank #3
Clinton · near
89,482
Clinton · near
89,482 median HH income
49.3% of the leader · rank #4
Rocky Ridge · near
89,485
Rocky Ridge · near
89,485 median HH income
49.3% of the leader · rank #5
Magnolia · near
89,489
Magnolia · near
89,489 median HH income
49.3% of the leader · rank #6
Woodbury · highest
181,667
Woodbury · highest
181,667 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Blanchard on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 9,276.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Blanchard - the verdict
Nationally, Blanchard sits in the 70th percentile for household income and the 72nd percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
70th
percentile, household income
58th
percentile, home value
14th
percentile, median rent
72nd
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Blanchard, OK
Blanchard is a small town in Oklahoma, home to 9,276 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $89,472 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 6.0%. Blanchard's housing stock carries a median value of $259,100, and the median resident age is 38.6 years. Educational attainment runs 35.6% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 63.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 46 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Construction Slowdown), down 63% from five years earlier. Blanchard reports a comparatively low crime rate: per-100,000 total crime stands at 796.5 in FBI UCR data, below the national average (a voluntary reporting program, read this as reporting activity, not a definitive danger score). NOAA climate normals record an annual average temperature of 61.4°F with 36.3 inches of precipitation per year and 6.2 inches of snowfall.
Living costs in Oklahoma run below the national norm: the state registers 87.8 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Well Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $995 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Oklahoma run around $205, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 55.5 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Blanchard's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to reported crime to comparison shortlist to schools and households to work and mobility to climate and hazard context to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Blanchard, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, commute-mode shares, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Blanchard?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.9 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 6.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Blanchard?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 796.5 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 65% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Which cities make useful reference points for Blanchard?
Within Oklahoma, the closest population matches are The (9,470 residents, $70,788 income); Pryor Creek (9,520 residents, $42,500 income); Poteau (8,903 residents, $49,789 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are East Stroudsburg, PA (9,278 residents); Warren, PA (9,273 residents); Woodbury, NY (9,270 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
What does the education layer cover for Blanchard?
The NCES join finds 9 public schools within the city match. 35.6% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Blanchard?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 82.1%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Public transit
0.0%
Work from home
10.9%
Drive alone
82.1%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 4,585 workers age 16+.
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 61.4°F, with 36.3 inches of precipitation and 6.2 inches of annual snowfall. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Oklahoma is 55.5 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
Mean temperature
61.4°F
Annual precipitation
36.3 in
FEMA risk index (state avg)
55.5
NOAA Climate Normals and FEMA National Risk Index (state-averaged on PlainCities). Hazard context is not address-level.
Is Blanchard growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +1,130 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +12.7% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 46 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Period change
+12.7%
2025 estimate
10,013
2020 estimate
8,883
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
Above median income · poverty 6.0% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
87.8 (US=100)
Very affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Oklahoma average
B
City profile score · Blanchard, OK
72/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living A+
87.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income B-
$89,472
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share B-
35.6%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime B-
111 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Poverty rate C
6.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Blanchard profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 94/100 (A+) · 87.8 index
Household income: 69/100 (B-) · $89,472
Bachelor's+ share: 68/100 (B-) · 35.6%
Violent crime: 68/100 (B-) · 111 /100k
Poverty rate: 59/100 (C) · 6.0%
Where Blanchard sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Blanchard's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Blanchard highlighted among 10 peers.Read the chart values
Blanchard, OK (this city): home $259,100, crime 797/100k
Warren, PA : home $101,600, crime 1,836/100k
Charlotte, MI : home $140,500, crime 2,298/100k
Delta, CO : home $238,100, crime 3,424/100k
Gibsonville, NC : home $262,400, crime 1,102/100k
Pryor Creek, OK : home $146,200, crime 2,681/100k
Poteau, OK : home $142,400, crime 3,231/100k
Sallisaw, OK : home $123,500, crime 3,660/100k
Skiatook, OK : home $168,600, crime 1,422/100k
Collinsville, OK : home $207,100, crime 840/100k
How does Blanchard compare to other US cities?
Blanchard measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income70% higher than other cities
Home value58% pricier than other cities
Median rent14% pricier than other cities
Safety72% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Oklahoma, Blanchard ranks #42 of 203 Oklahoma cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Blanchard against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Oklahoma only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Oklahoma-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Blanchard near the bottom of Oklahoma's cities
Among the 671 Oklahoma cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Blanchard ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Blanchard only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#43 of 639
93rd percentile in Oklahoma
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 671
0th percentile in Oklahoma
Median Home Value
#21 of 628
97th percentile in Oklahoma
Poverty Rate
#517 of 671
23rd percentile in Oklahoma
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#47 of 671
93rd percentile in Oklahoma
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Oklahoma only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
70th percentile nationally for median household income · 72nd percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Blanchard's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Blanchard's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Blanchard's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$259,10042nd percentilemore affordable than 42% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Blanchard's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.9×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#6,097 of 15,516
More affordable than 61% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#5,230 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.9×, Blanchard sits in the affordable band:
national rank #6,097 of 15,516 and #5,230 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$89,472Blanchard, OK median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Blanchard, OK median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Blanchard, OK.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)35.6%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)6.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)63.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
9,276
Median Income
$89,472
Median Home Value
$259,100
Median Age
38.6
Poverty Rate
6.0%
Labor force participation
63.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
35.6%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
796.5
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
110.9
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
685.6
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Climate
Avg Temperature
61.4°F
Annual Precipitation
36.3"
Annual Snowfall
6.2"
Schools
Total Schools
9
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Blanchard's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
8,883 residents
2021
9,142 residents
2022
9,454 residents
2023
9,626 residents
2024
9,840 residents
2025
10,013 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
46
housing units authorized
Single-Family
46
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
5
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
124
124
0
$18.2M
2020
92
90
2
$15.4M
2021
92
92
0
$16.3M
2022
44
44
0
$9.3M
2023
61
57
4
$11.2M
2024
46
46
0
$12.9M
Permit volume decreased 63% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
82.1%
Carpool
6.2%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.8%
Work from Home
10.9%
Based on 4,585 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Oklahoma statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $205
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Oklahoma at $205 (electricity about $115 , water and sewer about $40 ).
These are Oklahoma statewide averages, not a meter reading for Blanchard. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Oklahoma's BEA cost-of-living index is 87.8 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Blanchard is $995/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Oklahoma statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 55.5 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Oklahoma statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Blanchard sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Blanchard compares to similar-size Oklahoma cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.