Sand Springs vs Turley

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

Sand Springs and Turley 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 2,887 in Turley). Sand Springs has the higher median household income ($73,400 vs $40,350 in Turley). Sand Springs has the higher median home value ($186,700 vs $56,800 in Turley).

Population, income & housing

	Sand Springs	Turley
Population	19,973	2,887
Median age	37.3 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,400	$40,350
Median home value	$186,700	$56,800
Median gross rent	$1,016	$993
Housing units	8,116	1,346
Homeownership rate	70.5%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	4.6%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sand Springs	Turley
Population	19,794 → 19,973 (+0.9%)	2,559 → 2,887 (+12.8%)
Median household income	$58,153 → $73,400 (+26.2%)	$34,621 → $40,350 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$127,800 → $186,700 (+46.1%)	$49,900 → $56,800 (+13.8%)
Median gross rent	$868 → $1,016 (+17.1%)	$753 → $993 (+31.9%)

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

Turley

Population

2,5592,887

Median household income

$34,621$40,350

Median home value

$49,900$56,800

Median gross rent

$753$993

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sand Springs	Turley
Under 5	5.7%	7.6%
5 to 17	20.7%	15.6%
18 to 24	9.1%	7.2%
25 to 34	10.9%	14.9%
35 to 44	14.0%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.5%	13.6%
55 to 64	10.9%	13.3%
65 to 74	9.9%	6.8%
75 and over	7.4%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sand Springs	Turley
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	44.0%
Black or African American	1.9%	8.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.6%	9.5%
Asian	0.7%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	7.7%	10.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	20.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sand Springs	Turley
No high school diploma	8.8%	31.4%
High school graduate	32.4%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sand Springs	Turley
Drove alone	82.5%	83.1%
Carpooled	9.7%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.9%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.3%
Worked from home	5.8%	1.3%
Other means	0.6%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sand Springs	Turley
1-unit, detached	79.6%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	19.5%

Poverty & households

	Sand Springs	Turley
Poverty rate	10.4%	22.0%
Average household size	2.61	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1980	1962