Burns Flat vs Sentinel

A side-by-side comparison of Burns Flat and Sentinel: population, income, housing, and more.

Burns Flat and Sentinel are places in Oklahoma. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Burns Flat has the higher population (1,954 vs 930 in Sentinel). Sentinel has the higher median household income ($105,000 vs $41,974 in Burns Flat). Sentinel has the higher median home value ($108,700 vs $105,100 in Burns Flat).

Population, income & housing

	Burns Flat	Sentinel
Population	1,954	930
Median age	34.8 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$41,974	$105,000
Median home value	$105,100	$108,700
Median gross rent	$817	$700
Housing units	916	520
Homeownership rate	45.0%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	42.3%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burns Flat	Sentinel
Population	2,260 → 1,954 (-13.5%)	825 → 930 (+12.7%)
Median household income	$52,500 → $41,974 (-20.0%)	$52,333 → $105,000 (+100.6%)
Median home value	$84,700 → $105,100 (+24.1%)	$58,900 → $108,700 (+84.6%)
Median gross rent	$689 → $817 (+18.6%)	$568 → $700 (+23.2%)

Burns Flat

Population

2,2601,954

Median household income

$52,500$41,974

Median home value

$84,700$105,100

Median gross rent

$689$817

Sentinel

Population

825930

Median household income

$52,333$105,000

Median home value

$58,900$108,700

Median gross rent

$568$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burns Flat	Sentinel
Under 5	5.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	22.6%	15.7%
18 to 24	11.3%	11.7%
25 to 34	11.3%	9.5%
35 to 44	14.2%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.3%	6.1%
55 to 64	8.6%	9.9%
65 to 74	6.6%	23.4%
75 and over	6.8%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burns Flat	Sentinel
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	80.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.9%	3.7%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.6%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.3%	11.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burns Flat	Sentinel
No high school diploma	15.6%	7.5%
High school graduate	46.5%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	31.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burns Flat	Sentinel
Drove alone	70.0%	53.5%
Carpooled	25.3%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	2.6%	3.2%
Other means	0.3%	33.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burns Flat	Sentinel
1-unit, detached	45.6%	96.3%
1-unit, attached	40.5%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Burns Flat	Sentinel
Poverty rate	25.0%	13.9%
Average household size	2.82	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1957	1967