Owasso vs Tulsa

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

Owasso 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 39,013 in Owasso). Owasso has the higher median household income ($79,386 vs $58,407 in Tulsa). Owasso has the higher median home value ($231,400 vs $189,600 in Tulsa).

Population, income & housing

	Owasso	Tulsa
Population	39,013	412,322
Median age	33.6 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$79,386	$58,407
Median home value	$231,400	$189,600
Median gross rent	$1,222	$998
Housing units	15,418	192,350
Homeownership rate	64.5%	52.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	33.3%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Owasso	Tulsa
Population	36,173 → 39,013 (+7.9%)	402,324 → 412,322 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$72,443 → $79,386 (+9.6%)	$47,650 → $58,407 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$172,700 → $231,400 (+34.0%)	$139,900 → $189,600 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$996 → $1,222 (+22.7%)	$829 → $998 (+20.4%)

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

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)

	Owasso	Tulsa
Under 5	6.8%	6.7%
5 to 17	20.7%	17.5%
18 to 24	9.2%	9.8%
25 to 34	15.6%	15.2%
35 to 44	13.4%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.2%
55 to 64	9.6%	11.4%
65 to 74	6.7%	9.1%
75 and over	5.8%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Owasso	Tulsa
White (non-Hispanic)	68.9%	51.4%
Black or African American	3.5%	14.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.6%	3.8%
Asian	1.9%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.2%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	9.2%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	19.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Owasso	Tulsa
No high school diploma	5.1%	12.4%
High school graduate	23.8%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Owasso	Tulsa
Drove alone	80.1%	75.4%
Carpooled	7.6%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.6%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	11.1%	10.1%
Other means	0.6%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Owasso	Tulsa
1-unit, detached	74.1%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	16.0%
20 or more units	6.9%	10.9%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Owasso	Tulsa
Poverty rate	6.7%	18.6%
Average household size	2.61	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	2000	1972