Brushy vs Sallisaw

A side-by-side comparison of Brushy and Sallisaw: population, income, housing, and more.

Brushy and Sallisaw are places in Oklahoma. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sallisaw has the higher population (8,553 vs 871 in Brushy). Brushy has the higher median household income ($71,696 vs $47,333 in Sallisaw). Brushy has the higher median home value ($150,000 vs $123,500 in Sallisaw).

Population, income & housing

	Brushy	Sallisaw
Population	871	8,553
Median age	41.0 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$71,696	$47,333
Median home value	$150,000	$123,500
Median gross rent	—	$861
Housing units	341	3,675
Homeownership rate	88.1%	53.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brushy	Sallisaw
Population	1,217 → 871 (-28.4%)	8,571 → 8,553 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$41,917 → $71,696 (+71.0%)	$33,145 → $47,333 (+42.8%)
Median home value	$95,800 → $150,000 (+56.6%)	$104,600 → $123,500 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $588 (-22.2%)	$650 → $861 (+32.5%)

Brushy

Population

1,217871

Median household income

$41,917$71,696

Median home value

$95,800$150,000

Median gross rent

$756$588

Sallisaw

Population

8,5718,553

Median household income

$33,145$47,333

Median home value

$104,600$123,500

Median gross rent

$650$861

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brushy	Sallisaw
Under 5	9.2%	8.1%
5 to 17	15.5%	21.5%
18 to 24	12.5%	5.6%
25 to 34	9.4%	13.5%
35 to 44	8.6%	13.0%
45 to 54	20.1%	12.3%
55 to 64	11.1%	10.2%
65 to 74	6.2%	8.3%
75 and over	7.3%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brushy	Sallisaw
White (non-Hispanic)	55.0%	58.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	29.5%	19.6%
Asian	3.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	9.9%	12.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brushy	Sallisaw
No high school diploma	13.0%	17.6%
High school graduate	40.4%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brushy	Sallisaw
Drove alone	88.2%	78.8%
Carpooled	8.9%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brushy	Sallisaw
1-unit, detached	88.9%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Brushy	Sallisaw
Poverty rate	7.2%	31.1%
Average household size	3.14	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	32	20
Median year structure built	1988	1978