Bixby vs Broken Arrow

A side-by-side comparison of Bixby and Broken Arrow: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Broken Arrow has the higher population (115,919 vs 29,402 in Bixby). Bixby has the higher median household income ($99,602 vs $85,220 in Broken Arrow). Bixby has the higher median home value ($298,200 vs $229,300 in Broken Arrow).

Population, income & housing

	Bixby	Broken Arrow
Population	29,402	115,919
Median age	36.7 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$99,602	$85,220
Median home value	$298,200	$229,300
Median gross rent	$1,324	$1,240
Housing units	11,152	45,692
Homeownership rate	75.1%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.5%	35.0%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bixby	Broken Arrow
Population	26,541 → 29,402 (+10.8%)	108,496 → 115,919 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$83,119 → $99,602 (+19.8%)	$73,119 → $85,220 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$223,900 → $298,200 (+33.2%)	$166,900 → $229,300 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,012 → $1,324 (+30.8%)	$1,037 → $1,240 (+19.6%)

Bixby

Population

26,54129,402

Median household income

$83,119$99,602

Median home value

$223,900$298,200

Median gross rent

$1,012$1,324

Broken Arrow

Population

108,496115,919

Median household income

$73,119$85,220

Median home value

$166,900$229,300

Median gross rent

$1,037$1,240

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bixby	Broken Arrow
Under 5	6.5%	6.7%
5 to 17	23.4%	18.7%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.0%	13.9%
35 to 44	15.2%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.3%
55 to 64	10.9%	11.9%
65 to 74	8.3%	9.5%
75 and over	5.0%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bixby	Broken Arrow
White (non-Hispanic)	73.1%	64.6%
Black or African American	1.9%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.5%	4.7%
Asian	3.3%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	8.9%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bixby	Broken Arrow
No high school diploma	4.7%	5.7%
High school graduate	18.6%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.2%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bixby	Broken Arrow
Drove alone	78.3%	80.0%
Carpooled	7.3%	7.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	10.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bixby	Broken Arrow
1-unit, detached	83.3%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	8.4%
20 or more units	4.8%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Bixby	Broken Arrow
Poverty rate	5.7%	9.0%
Average household size	2.78	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	2001	1993