Broken Arrow vs Tulsa

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

Broken Arrow 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 115,919 in Broken Arrow). Broken Arrow has the higher median household income ($85,220 vs $58,407 in Tulsa). Broken Arrow has the higher median home value ($229,300 vs $189,600 in Tulsa).

Population, income & housing

	Broken Arrow	Tulsa
Population	115,919	412,322
Median age	37.0 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$85,220	$58,407
Median home value	$229,300	$189,600
Median gross rent	$1,240	$998
Housing units	45,692	192,350
Homeownership rate	72.6%	52.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.0%	33.3%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Broken Arrow	Tulsa
Population	108,496 → 115,919 (+6.8%)	402,324 → 412,322 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$73,119 → $85,220 (+16.5%)	$47,650 → $58,407 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$166,900 → $229,300 (+37.4%)	$139,900 → $189,600 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,037 → $1,240 (+19.6%)	$829 → $998 (+20.4%)

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

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)

	Broken Arrow	Tulsa
Under 5	6.7%	6.7%
5 to 17	18.7%	17.5%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.8%
25 to 34	13.9%	15.2%
35 to 44	13.4%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.2%
55 to 64	11.9%	11.4%
65 to 74	9.5%	9.1%
75 and over	6.1%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Broken Arrow	Tulsa
White (non-Hispanic)	64.6%	51.4%
Black or African American	5.8%	14.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.7%	3.8%
Asian	4.6%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	8.6%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	19.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Broken Arrow	Tulsa
No high school diploma	5.7%	12.4%
High school graduate	24.1%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Broken Arrow	Tulsa
Drove alone	80.0%	75.4%
Carpooled	7.7%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.6%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	10.8%	10.1%
Other means	0.9%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Broken Arrow	Tulsa
1-unit, detached	79.7%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	16.0%
20 or more units	4.6%	10.9%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Broken Arrow	Tulsa
Poverty rate	9.0%	18.6%
Average household size	2.64	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1993	1972