Owasso vs Sand Springs

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

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

Owasso has the higher population (39,013 vs 19,973 in Sand Springs). Owasso has the higher median household income ($79,386 vs $73,400 in Sand Springs). Owasso has the higher median home value ($231,400 vs $186,700 in Sand Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Owasso	Sand Springs
Population	39,013	19,973
Median age	33.6 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$79,386	$73,400
Median home value	$231,400	$186,700
Median gross rent	$1,222	$1,016
Housing units	15,418	8,116
Homeownership rate	64.5%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Owasso	Sand Springs
Population	36,173 → 39,013 (+7.9%)	19,794 → 19,973 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$72,443 → $79,386 (+9.6%)	$58,153 → $73,400 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$172,700 → $231,400 (+34.0%)	$127,800 → $186,700 (+46.1%)
Median gross rent	$996 → $1,222 (+22.7%)	$868 → $1,016 (+17.1%)

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

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)

	Owasso	Sand Springs
Under 5	6.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	20.7%	20.7%
18 to 24	9.2%	9.1%
25 to 34	15.6%	10.9%
35 to 44	13.4%	14.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.5%
55 to 64	9.6%	10.9%
65 to 74	6.7%	9.9%
75 and over	5.8%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Owasso	Sand Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	68.9%	77.2%
Black or African American	3.5%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.6%	6.6%
Asian	1.9%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	9.2%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Owasso	Sand Springs
No high school diploma	5.1%	8.8%
High school graduate	23.8%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Owasso	Sand Springs
Drove alone	80.1%	82.5%
Carpooled	7.6%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	11.1%	5.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Owasso	Sand Springs
1-unit, detached	74.1%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	5.4%
20 or more units	6.9%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Owasso	Sand Springs
Poverty rate	6.7%	10.4%
Average household size	2.61	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	2000	1980