Jenks vs Sand Springs

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

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

Jenks has the higher population (26,519 vs 19,973 in Sand Springs). Jenks has the higher median household income ($104,970 vs $73,400 in Sand Springs). Jenks has the higher median home value ($285,600 vs $186,700 in Sand Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Jenks	Sand Springs
Population	26,519	19,973
Median age	34.5 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$104,970	$73,400
Median home value	$285,600	$186,700
Median gross rent	$1,555	$1,016
Housing units	9,538	8,116
Homeownership rate	78.6%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.2%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jenks	Sand Springs
Population	22,488 → 26,519 (+17.9%)	19,794 → 19,973 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$94,132 → $104,970 (+11.5%)	$58,153 → $73,400 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$214,300 → $285,600 (+33.3%)	$127,800 → $186,700 (+46.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,203 → $1,555 (+29.3%)	$868 → $1,016 (+17.1%)

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

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)

	Jenks	Sand Springs
Under 5	7.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	24.9%	20.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	9.1%
25 to 34	11.4%	10.9%
35 to 44	15.2%	14.0%
45 to 54	12.9%	11.5%
55 to 64	11.2%	10.9%
65 to 74	5.7%	9.9%
75 and over	4.1%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jenks	Sand Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	64.7%	77.2%
Black or African American	2.9%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.2%	6.6%
Asian	9.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	8.5%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jenks	Sand Springs
No high school diploma	7.5%	8.8%
High school graduate	16.9%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	30.5%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.7%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jenks	Sand Springs
Drove alone	77.1%	82.5%
Carpooled	8.5%	9.7%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.6%
Worked from home	12.5%	5.8%
Other means	1.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jenks	Sand Springs
1-unit, detached	87.7%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	5.4%
20 or more units	5.4%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Jenks	Sand Springs
Poverty rate	6.6%	10.4%
Average household size	2.99	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	2005	1980