Bixby vs Tulsa

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

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

Tulsa has the higher population (412,322 vs 29,402 in Bixby). Bixby has the higher median household income ($99,602 vs $58,407 in Tulsa). Bixby has the higher median home value ($298,200 vs $189,600 in Tulsa).

Population, income & housing

	Bixby	Tulsa
Population	29,402	412,322
Median age	36.7 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$99,602	$58,407
Median home value	$298,200	$189,600
Median gross rent	$1,324	$998
Housing units	11,152	192,350
Homeownership rate	75.1%	52.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.5%	33.3%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bixby	Tulsa
Population	26,541 → 29,402 (+10.8%)	402,324 → 412,322 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$83,119 → $99,602 (+19.8%)	$47,650 → $58,407 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$223,900 → $298,200 (+33.2%)	$139,900 → $189,600 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,012 → $1,324 (+30.8%)	$829 → $998 (+20.4%)

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

Tulsa

Population

402,324412,322

Median household income

$47,650$58,407

Median home value

$139,900$189,600

Median gross rent

$829$998

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bixby	Tulsa
Under 5	6.5%	6.7%
5 to 17	23.4%	17.5%
18 to 24	7.2%	9.8%
25 to 34	11.0%	15.2%
35 to 44	15.2%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.2%
55 to 64	10.9%	11.4%
65 to 74	8.3%	9.1%
75 and over	5.0%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bixby	Tulsa
White (non-Hispanic)	73.1%	51.4%
Black or African American	1.9%	14.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.5%	3.8%
Asian	3.3%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	8.9%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	19.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bixby	Tulsa
No high school diploma	4.7%	12.4%
High school graduate	18.6%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.2%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bixby	Tulsa
Drove alone	78.3%	75.4%
Carpooled	7.3%	10.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.5%
Walked	0.9%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	12.6%	10.1%
Other means	0.9%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bixby	Tulsa
1-unit, detached	83.3%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	16.0%
20 or more units	4.8%	10.9%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Bixby	Tulsa
Poverty rate	5.7%	18.6%
Average household size	2.78	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	2001	1972