Bixby vs Sand Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Bixby and Sand Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bixby has the higher population (29,402 vs 19,973 in Sand Springs). Bixby has the higher median household income ($99,602 vs $73,400 in Sand Springs). Bixby has the higher median home value ($298,200 vs $186,700 in Sand Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Bixby	Sand Springs
Population	29,402	19,973
Median age	36.7 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$99,602	$73,400
Median home value	$298,200	$186,700
Median gross rent	$1,324	$1,016
Housing units	11,152	8,116
Homeownership rate	75.1%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.5%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bixby	Sand Springs
Population	26,541 → 29,402 (+10.8%)	19,794 → 19,973 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$83,119 → $99,602 (+19.8%)	$58,153 → $73,400 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$223,900 → $298,200 (+33.2%)	$127,800 → $186,700 (+46.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,012 → $1,324 (+30.8%)	$868 → $1,016 (+17.1%)

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

Sand Springs

Population

19,79419,973

Median household income

$58,153$73,400

Median home value

$127,800$186,700

Median gross rent

$868$1,016

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bixby	Sand Springs
Under 5	6.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	23.4%	20.7%
18 to 24	7.2%	9.1%
25 to 34	11.0%	10.9%
35 to 44	15.2%	14.0%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.5%
55 to 64	10.9%	10.9%
65 to 74	8.3%	9.9%
75 and over	5.0%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bixby	Sand Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	73.1%	77.2%
Black or African American	1.9%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.5%	6.6%
Asian	3.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	8.9%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bixby	Sand Springs
No high school diploma	4.7%	8.8%
High school graduate	18.6%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.2%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bixby	Sand Springs
Drove alone	78.3%	82.5%
Carpooled	7.3%	9.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	12.6%	5.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bixby	Sand Springs
1-unit, detached	83.3%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	5.4%
20 or more units	4.8%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Bixby	Sand Springs
Poverty rate	5.7%	10.4%
Average household size	2.78	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	2001	1980