Photo: DanFromOklahoma · CC BY-SA 4.0Blanchard has higher unemployment (10.1%) than 94% of U.S. towns
Commuters spend 29 minutes getting to work on average, where Oklahoma has 22 and the U.S. 26. Jobs and income earn Blanchard B−; getting around on foot earns it C+. About one in ten work in Blanchard; the top destination outside it is Oklahoma City (37%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Blanchard, in brief
37% of Blanchard works in Oklahoma City
1,425 working residents, 37%, have their main job in Oklahoma City, 23 miles away. That’s 4 times as many as work in Blanchard itself. The commute map ↓
Blanchard has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Blanchard went from 1,245 in 2013 to 1,979 in 2023, +59%. The jobs ↓
Blanchard workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 22 across Oklahoma. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Blanchard’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Blanchard is better than 52% of U.S. towns, #24 of 131 in Oklahoma. Household income holds Blanchard’s grade up ($91,473, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Blanchard could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
Where Blanchard’s working residents head each day
Where Blanchard clocks in
37% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
What work there is in Blanchard: 1,979 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blanchard, 2013 → 2023: 1,245 → 1,979. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Blanchard’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Blanchard: about 29 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Blanchard workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,953 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Oklahoma: 85% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who leaves Blanchard for work, and who comes in
On a workday 3,431 residents head out to work, 402 work right here, and 1,577 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,200 people are in Blanchard on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.52 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The distance from Blanchard to work
About 15% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Blanchard is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Blanchard is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns, #101 of 131 in Oklahoma. Both inputs place Blanchard near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,417 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.4% of Blanchard households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Blanchard’s commuters take a bus or train.
Blanchard is 1,645th of 2,878 U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 479 | Piedmont OK | 9,427 | $104K | 2.6% | 3.3% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 708 | Choctaw OK | 12,549 | $101K | 6.3% | 3.1% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 944 | Tuttle OK | 8,708 | $104K | 5.3% | 4.8% | 10% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,643 | Fairfield Glade TN | 9,487 | $72K | 7.2% | 3.0% | 12% | B− |
| 1,644 | Oak Island NC | 9,337 | $86K | 8.7% | 3.0% | 16% | B− |
| 1,645 | Blanchard OK | 10,013 | $91K | 7.9% | 10.1% | 10% | B− |
| 1,646 | Somers WI | 8,171 | $80K | 8.7% | 8.4% | 3% | B− |
| 1,647 | Union MO | 13,445 | $73K | 8.1% | 3.7% | 18% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Blanchard, the top three, the last and three more from Oklahoma.
Work in the towns next to Blanchard
The biggest share goes to Newcastle (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Blanchard workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blanchard | – | B− | C+ | 29 min | $91,473 |
| Newcastle | 3% | A | C | 28 min | $93,398 |
| Cole | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Bridge Creek | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Dibble | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cole and Bridge Creek: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Dibble: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Blanchard’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Blanchard: questions
What is the median household income in Blanchard?
$91,473 (±$10,950) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Blanchard?
7.9%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Blanchard?
29 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Blanchard work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oklahoma City (37%, 23 mi), Norman (10%, 19 mi), Chickasha (4%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Blanchard walkable?
Blanchard is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Blanchard without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Blanchard, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blanchard
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.