Sand Springs vs Tulsa

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

Sand Springs 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 19,973 in Sand Springs). Sand Springs has the higher median household income ($73,400 vs $58,407 in Tulsa). Tulsa has the higher median home value ($189,600 vs $186,700 in Sand Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Sand Springs	Tulsa
Population	19,973	412,322
Median age	37.3 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,400	$58,407
Median home value	$186,700	$189,600
Median gross rent	$1,016	$998
Housing units	8,116	192,350
Homeownership rate	70.5%	52.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	33.3%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sand Springs	Tulsa
Population	19,794 → 19,973 (+0.9%)	402,324 → 412,322 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$58,153 → $73,400 (+26.2%)	$47,650 → $58,407 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$127,800 → $186,700 (+46.1%)	$139,900 → $189,600 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$868 → $1,016 (+17.1%)	$829 → $998 (+20.4%)

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

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)

	Sand Springs	Tulsa
Under 5	5.7%	6.7%
5 to 17	20.7%	17.5%
18 to 24	9.1%	9.8%
25 to 34	10.9%	15.2%
35 to 44	14.0%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.2%
55 to 64	10.9%	11.4%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.1%
75 and over	7.4%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sand Springs	Tulsa
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	51.4%
Black or African American	1.9%	14.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.6%	3.8%
Asian	0.7%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	7.7%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	19.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sand Springs	Tulsa
No high school diploma	8.8%	12.4%
High school graduate	32.4%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sand Springs	Tulsa
Drove alone	82.5%	75.4%
Carpooled	9.7%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.9%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.3%
Worked from home	5.8%	10.1%
Other means	0.6%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sand Springs	Tulsa
1-unit, detached	79.6%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	16.0%
20 or more units	3.2%	10.9%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Sand Springs	Tulsa
Poverty rate	10.4%	18.6%
Average household size	2.61	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1980	1972