Broken Arrow vs Jenks

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

Broken Arrow and Jenks 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 26,519 in Jenks). Jenks has the higher median household income ($104,970 vs $85,220 in Broken Arrow). Jenks has the higher median home value ($285,600 vs $229,300 in Broken Arrow).

Population, income & housing

	Broken Arrow	Jenks
Population	115,919	26,519
Median age	37.0 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$85,220	$104,970
Median home value	$229,300	$285,600
Median gross rent	$1,240	$1,555
Housing units	45,692	9,538
Homeownership rate	72.6%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.0%	48.2%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Broken Arrow	Jenks
Population	108,496 → 115,919 (+6.8%)	22,488 → 26,519 (+17.9%)
Median household income	$73,119 → $85,220 (+16.5%)	$94,132 → $104,970 (+11.5%)
Median home value	$166,900 → $229,300 (+37.4%)	$214,300 → $285,600 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,037 → $1,240 (+19.6%)	$1,203 → $1,555 (+29.3%)

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

Jenks

Population

22,48826,519

Median household income

$94,132$104,970

Median home value

$214,300$285,600

Median gross rent

$1,203$1,555

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Broken Arrow	Jenks
Under 5	6.7%	7.1%
5 to 17	18.7%	24.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.4%
25 to 34	13.9%	11.4%
35 to 44	13.4%	15.2%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.9%
55 to 64	11.9%	11.2%
65 to 74	9.5%	5.7%
75 and over	6.1%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Broken Arrow	Jenks
White (non-Hispanic)	64.6%	64.7%
Black or African American	5.8%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.7%	5.2%
Asian	4.6%	9.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	8.6%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Broken Arrow	Jenks
No high school diploma	5.7%	7.5%
High school graduate	24.1%	16.9%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Broken Arrow	Jenks
Drove alone	80.0%	77.1%
Carpooled	7.7%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.8%	12.5%
Other means	0.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Broken Arrow	Jenks
1-unit, detached	79.7%	87.7%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	3.8%
20 or more units	4.6%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Broken Arrow	Jenks
Poverty rate	9.0%	6.6%
Average household size	2.64	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1993	2005