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Purcell, OK

6,716 Population
15.2 square miles 440.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.1 ±3.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Oklahoma City, OK Metro Area: 35.8 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Oklahoma: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,609 ±$3,141 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Oklahoma City, OK Metro Area: $38,240 ±$493
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Oklahoma: $34,859 ±$251
$60,529 ±$5,912 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Oklahoma City, OK Metro Area: $70,499 ±$785
  • a little less than the amount in Oklahoma: $63,603 ±$419

11.4% ±5.1% (745  ±332) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Oklahoma City, OK Metro Area: 13.9% 195,835 (±0.4% / ±5,352)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Oklahoma: 15.3% 593,820 (±0.2% / ±6,983)

22.2 minutes ±0.8 (60,340  ±6,579) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Oklahoma City, OK Metro Area: 23.5 14,717,310 (±0.2 / ±145,724)
  • about the same as the figure in Oklahoma: 22.4 36,910,328 (±0.1 / ±227,614)

Families

2,547 ±183 Number of households
  • the Oklahoma City, OK Metro Area: 562,932 ±2,069
  • Oklahoma: 1,542,780 ±3,468
2.6 ±0.2 (6,524  ±30) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Oklahoma City, OK Metro Area: 2.5 1,410,912 (±0 / ±437)
  • about the same as the figure in Oklahoma: 2.5 3,878,064

11.6% ±6.1% (162  ±88) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Oklahoma City, OK Metro Area: 5.4% 19,071 (±0.3% / ±1,195)
  • about double the rate in Oklahoma: 5.7% 52,942 (±0.2% / ±1,667)

Housing

2,752 ±166 Number of housing units
  • the Oklahoma City, OK Metro Area: 615,515 ±460
  • Oklahoma: 1,763,036 ±1,066

$163,000 ±$18,265 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Oklahoma City, OK Metro Area: $214,700 ±$1,943
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Oklahoma: $185,900 ±$1,137

13.6% ±5.1% (891  ±337.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Oklahoma City, OK Metro Area: 16.1% 230,422 (±0.4% / ±5,709)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oklahoma: 14.9% 587,832 (±0.2% / ±8,342.9)

Social

78.1% ±8% (3,384  ±379.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Oklahoma City, OK Metro Area: 89.9% 850,141 (±0.7% / ±6,934.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oklahoma: 89.1% 2,354,247 (±0.4% / ±9,500.3)
19.9% ±4.4% (863  ±193.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Oklahoma City, OK Metro Area: 33.4% 316,070 (±0.4% / ±4,138.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Oklahoma: 27.8% 733,793 (±0.2% / ±5,259.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.7% ±1.8% (452  ±123) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Oklahoma City, OK Metro Area: 8.2% 118,788
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 6.3% 249,771

7.6% ±2.9% (370  ±142) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Oklahoma City, OK Metro Area: 8.4% 91,086 (±0.2% / ±2,396)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oklahoma: 8.2% 247,634 (±0.1% / ±3,573)
370 Total veterans ±142 351 Male ±129 19 Female ±28

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