With a productive work force, centralized location, excellent transportation choices, great incentives, excellent schools, and low cost of doing business, Blackwell, Oklahoma is a great place to live and work.
Productive Workforce
Every community claims its work force is special, but we honestly believe that Blackwell’s employee community is unequaled. Our citizens have a strong work ethic, value their jobs and care about the products and services they produce. We find better ways to do things to keep their companies
very competitive.
Transportation Choices
Blackwell is in the middle of things right on Interstate 35. Whether your target is in the middle of the aviation triangle, or the center of the Central US major markets, Blackwell is it.
Our own Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad connects to Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Union Pacific railroad main lines. Visit our railroad at http://www.blackwellrr.com/
Great Incentives
Blackwell’s available financial incentives can be customized to each business opportunity. Add in the excellent incentives available from the Oklahoma Department of Commerce including financing, tax credits, Quality Jobs Program, employee training and the combination is hard to beat. www.okcommerce.gov
Blackwell Schools
Blackwell’s public school system is recognized as one of the top performing schools in Oklahoma. Our new $11.7 million elementary school is now in operation.
Low Cost of Doing Business
Blackwell’s cost of doing business is lower by far than metro areas in the state and much lower than major metropolitan cities.
BLACKWELL IMAGE GALLERY
CENTRALIZED LOCATION
Reasonable Distance
Blackwell is located in north central Oklahoma at the intersection of I-35, State Highway 11, and U.S. 177.
The city is strategically located in the midwestern United States, providing easy access to several cities:
Oklahoma City, OK 104 mi
Tulsa, OK 110 mi
Wichita, KS 60 mi
Kansas City, MO 239 mi
St. Louis, MO 454 mi
Denver, CO 565 mi
Dallas, TX 318 mi
Houston, TX 560 mi
DEMOGRAPHICS
Population Data
Blackwell’s population as of 2008 is 7,144. Kay County’s population is approximately 50,000 and the area of northern Oklahoma and southern Kansas in a 35 mile radius is 75,000.