Glenpool vs Sand Springs

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

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

Sand Springs has the higher population (19,973 vs 13,885 in Glenpool). Glenpool has the higher median household income ($76,726 vs $73,400 in Sand Springs). Glenpool has the higher median home value ($191,400 vs $186,700 in Sand Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Glenpool	Sand Springs
Population	13,885	19,973
Median age	34.4 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$76,726	$73,400
Median home value	$191,400	$186,700
Median gross rent	$1,267	$1,016
Housing units	5,069	8,116
Homeownership rate	70.1%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glenpool	Sand Springs
Population	13,666 → 13,885 (+1.6%)	19,794 → 19,973 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$67,703 → $76,726 (+13.3%)	$58,153 → $73,400 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$139,000 → $191,400 (+37.7%)	$127,800 → $186,700 (+46.1%)
Median gross rent	$976 → $1,267 (+29.8%)	$868 → $1,016 (+17.1%)

Glenpool

Population

13,66613,885

Median household income

$67,703$76,726

Median home value

$139,000$191,400

Median gross rent

$976$1,267

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)

	Glenpool	Sand Springs
Under 5	8.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.0%	20.7%
18 to 24	9.6%	9.1%
25 to 34	15.5%	10.9%
35 to 44	15.6%	14.0%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	10.7%	10.9%
65 to 74	7.6%	9.9%
75 and over	3.1%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glenpool	Sand Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	61.5%	77.2%
Black or African American	3.9%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.7%	6.6%
Asian	4.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	11.3%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glenpool	Sand Springs
No high school diploma	9.1%	8.8%
High school graduate	28.1%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glenpool	Sand Springs
Drove alone	82.5%	82.5%
Carpooled	10.0%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.6%
Worked from home	5.1%	5.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glenpool	Sand Springs
1-unit, detached	80.9%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	5.4%
20 or more units	7.3%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Glenpool	Sand Springs
Poverty rate	10.2%	10.4%
Average household size	2.78	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1995	1980