Broken Arrow vs Owasso

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

Broken Arrow and Owasso 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 39,013 in Owasso). Broken Arrow has the higher median household income ($85,220 vs $79,386 in Owasso). Owasso has the higher median home value ($231,400 vs $229,300 in Broken Arrow).

Population, income & housing

	Broken Arrow	Owasso
Population	115,919	39,013
Median age	37.0 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$85,220	$79,386
Median home value	$229,300	$231,400
Median gross rent	$1,240	$1,222
Housing units	45,692	15,418
Homeownership rate	72.6%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.0%	35.9%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Broken Arrow	Owasso
Population	108,496 → 115,919 (+6.8%)	36,173 → 39,013 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$73,119 → $85,220 (+16.5%)	$72,443 → $79,386 (+9.6%)
Median home value	$166,900 → $229,300 (+37.4%)	$172,700 → $231,400 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,037 → $1,240 (+19.6%)	$996 → $1,222 (+22.7%)

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

Owasso

Population

36,17339,013

Median household income

$72,443$79,386

Median home value

$172,700$231,400

Median gross rent

$996$1,222

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Broken Arrow	Owasso
Under 5	6.7%	6.8%
5 to 17	18.7%	20.7%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.2%
25 to 34	13.9%	15.6%
35 to 44	13.4%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	9.6%
65 to 74	9.5%	6.7%
75 and over	6.1%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Broken Arrow	Owasso
White (non-Hispanic)	64.6%	68.9%
Black or African American	5.8%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.7%	6.6%
Asian	4.6%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	8.6%	9.2%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Broken Arrow	Owasso
No high school diploma	5.7%	5.1%
High school graduate	24.1%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Broken Arrow	Owasso
Drove alone	80.0%	80.1%
Carpooled	7.7%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	11.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Broken Arrow	Owasso
1-unit, detached	79.7%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	11.5%
20 or more units	4.6%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Broken Arrow	Owasso
Poverty rate	9.0%	6.7%
Average household size	2.64	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1993	2000