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Blackwell city, Oklahoma: commercial real estate data.
Blackwell city is a Census city of 6,042 people across 5.58 square miles of land, in Kay County. Median household income is $53,435, 72.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 5 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $3.7 m.
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Blackwell
What Blackwell is
- Census place typecity
- Land area5.58 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,082
- County holding the largest share of its areaKay County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Blackwell
How many people live in Blackwell
- Population6,042
- Median age38.9 plus or minus 7.9
- Population under 181,425
- Share under 1823.6 percent
- Population 65 and over1,304
- Share 65 and over21.6 percent
- Households2,351
- Family households1,446
- Share of households that are families61.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Blackwell
Income and work in Blackwell
- Median household income$53,435
- Per capita income$29,476
- Civilian labor force2,801
- Employed2,681
- Unemployed120 plus or minus 80
- Unemployment rate4.3 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Adults 25 and over4,028
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher11.8 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.4 percent plus or minus 2.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Blackwell
Housing in Blackwell
- Housing units3,352
- Occupied units2,351
- Vacant units1,001
- Vacancy rate29.9 percent
- Owner occupied1,695
- Renter occupied656 plus or minus 143
- Ownership rate72.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$85,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$809
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.2 percent
- Single family units3,002
- Share single family89.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more274 plus or minus 127
- Share in buildings of two or more8.2 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Mobile homes76 plus or minus 71
- Median year structure built1955
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Blackwell
How Blackwell gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,575
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,279
- Share commuting under 15 minutes49.7 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more754 plus or minus 255
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more29.3 percent plus or minus 9.6
- Drove alone84.1 percent
- Carpooled9.0 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.8 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Worked from home3.6 percent plus or minus 1.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Blackwell
SBA loans in Blackwell (7(a))
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$3,749,800
- Average approval$749,960
- Median approval$806,800
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,906,700
- Largest approval$1,906,700
- Jobs supported22
- Jobs per approval4.4
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term180 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more40.0 percent
- Share to franchises20.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Blackwell
SBA loans in Blackwell (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$369,000
- Average approval$369,000
- Median approval$369,000
- Largest approval$369,000
- Jobs supported1
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Kay County, not Blackwell
Kay County context, not Blackwell figures
These are Kay County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Blackwell measurements.
- Establishments in Kay County1,047
- Employment at those establishments, Kay County14,063
- Covered employment, Kay County17,181
- Average annual pay, Kay County$49,720
- Average weekly wage, Kay County$956
- Housing units permitted, Kay County15
- Of those, single family, Kay County15
- County product, 2024, Kay County$2,332,648,000
- County product change over the prior year, Kay County1.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Kay County$45,547
Every figure in this section is published for Kay County as a whole and is not a measurement of Blackwell. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Blackwell questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Blackwell, Oklahoma?
6,042, in 2,351 households. Blackwell city covers 5.58 square miles of land, which is 1,082 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Blackwell in?
Kay County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Blackwell?
$53,435. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $85,600. Median gross rent is $809 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Blackwell businesses?
5 7(a) approvals totalling $3.7 m, across 4 lenders, median approval $806,800, plus 1 504 approvals worth $369,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Blackwell, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Blackwell borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Blackwell. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Blackwell figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Kay County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Blackwell.
Is zoning published for Blackwell?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.