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Broken Arrow, Oklahoma

Broken Arrow is a city in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, part of the Tulsa, OK metro area. It has 118,180 residents. Broken Arrow, Oklahoma has a quality-of-life score of 56 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #6,917 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Oklahoma it ranks #5 of 237 cities and towns. It ranks best on rent-burdened households (low), new homes permitted (high) and distance to an airport (low). It ranks worst on property crime rate (high), fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (high) and violent crime rate (high).

56Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #6,917 of 15,651 cities and towns
Oklahoma: #5 of 237 in OK
Population: 118,180 (2020-2024)
Land area: 63 mi²
Density: 1,875.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 4009050

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety10#14,056/15,637
Economy68#4,965/15,631
Housing96#586/14,977
Health40#9,293/15,609
Healthcare71#4,462/15,650
Environment8#14,237/15,453
Education40#9,371/15,649
Infrastructure89#1,785/15,650
Community41#9,171/15,651
Leisure & amenities76#3,826/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Broken Arrow, Oklahoma ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Tulsa County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Rent-burdened households · low41.9%
93/100Oklahoma 46.3%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
New homes permitted · high13.2 /1k
92/100Oklahoma 3.6 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Distance to an airport · low10 mi
92/100Oklahoma 36 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauTulsa County value
Distance to an emergency room · low3.2 mi
90/100Oklahoma 5.8 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesTulsa County value
Hospital quality rating · high4.2
89/100Oklahoma 3.3United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesTulsa County value
Rent as share of income · low27.0%
89/100Oklahoma 28.4%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071

Weaknesses

Property crime rate · high2,464 /100k
5/100Oklahoma 1,814 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationTulsa County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.4 µg/m³
5/100Oklahoma 8.8 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyTulsa County value
Violent crime rate · high559 /100k
6/100Oklahoma 408 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationTulsa County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · high100 mi
10/100Oklahoma 61 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauTulsa County value
Voter turnout · low54.8%
11/100Oklahoma 53.8%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionTulsa County value
High ozone days · high6 days
13/100Oklahoma 4 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyTulsa County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
108,496 (2015-2019) → 118,180 (2020-2024)
+8.9%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedImproving
7.0 /1k (2021) → 13.2 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+89%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.3× (2015-2019) → 2.9× (2020-2024)
+26%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Median household incomeImproving
$73,119 (2015-2019) → $86,765 (2020-2024)
+19%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
91.4% (2015-2019) → 94.4% (2020-2024)
+3 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
33.2% (2015-2019) → 35.7% (2020-2024)
+2.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma improved on 3 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 9 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Bachelor's++2.5 points33.2% → 35.7%
Household income+19%$73,119 → $86,765
Broadband+3 points91.4% → 94.4%

Declined1

Price / income+0.6×2.3× → 2.9×

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	21.1 min2015-2019	21.9 min2020-2024	+0.7 min	Within the margin of error	39%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.2%2015-2019	35.7%2020-2024	+2.5 points	Improved	47%
Broadband subscriptions	91.4%2015-2019	94.4%2020-2024	+3 points	Improved	20%
Child poverty rate	11.8%2015-2019	10.6%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Effective property tax rate	1.13%2015-2019	1.00%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	41%
High school diploma or higher	93.9%2015-2019	94.4%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	2.9×2020-2024	+0.6×	Declined	41%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4092015-2019	0.4392020-2024	+0.030	Within the margin of error	27%
Median household income	$73,1192015-2019	$86,7652020-2024	+19%	Improved	30%
Poverty rate	8.0%2015-2019	8.8%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Rent as share of income	25.9%2015-2019	27.0%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Rent-burdened households	40.3%2015-2019	41.9%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Unemployment rate	4.2%2015-2019	4.2%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	11.1%2015-2019	11.6%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	40%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Broken Arrow, Oklahoma five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma itself moved −6.8 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

118,180 residents (±114)

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

44,384 households (±633)

Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $25k9.5%4,238
$25k–50k15%6,668
$50k–75k18%8,018

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

44,384 households (±633)

Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Own72%31,977
Rent28%12,407

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

58,220 workers (±968)

Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Drive alone79%46,031
Carpool8.0%4,672
Public transit0.0%†23

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Tulsa, OK

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Tulsa County, the county holding most of Broken Arrow's residents.

Tulsa County has 19,556 employer establishments, 285 for every 10,000 residents (1.15× the US rate of 248; 1.20× Oklahoma's), with 329,036 paid employees at an average annual pay of $59,264. The Census Bureau also counts 63,096 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 19,556; 63,096 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 285; US 248 · Oklahoma 237
Paid employees: 329,036
Average annual pay: $59,264; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Tulsa County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	1,809	26.4	1.26×More than typical	21,306	$76,740	2,647
Restaurants and other eating places	1,429	20.8	1.13×About typical	31,282	$20,844	346
Specialty trade contractors	1,099	16	1.03×About typical	11,172	$61,628	4,083
Lessors of real estate	929	13.5	1.10×About typical	3,412	$53,024	6,510
Limited-service restaurants	624	9.1	1.13×About typical	13,572	$17,990	131
Offices of physicians	619	9	1.39×More than typical	7,425	$119,836	586
Full-service restaurants	601	8.8	1.14×About typical	15,212	$23,637	166
Offices of other health practitioners	565	8.2	1.35×More than typical	2,919	$48,925	1,315
Legal services	562	8.2	1.52×More than typical	3,446	$86,893	765
Religious organizations	536	7.8	1.41×More than typical	6,630	$30,143	—
Management, scientific and technical consulting	509	7.4	1.11×About typical	2,426	$87,932	2,263
Insurance agencies and brokerages	477	7	1.58×More than typical	2,468	$71,874	1,094

Rank places for an industry Open Tulsa County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 686,287 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $32.5M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma: $275 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $32.5M; −36% vs FY2025
Per resident: $275; US $1,994
Sole-source: 3.2%; US 30%
Single offer: 11%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Air Force$32.6M100%
Department of the Army$360.7K1.1%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$207.9K0.6%
U.S. Marshals Service$19.6K0.1%
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement$14.4K0.0%

Top recipients

CYMSTAR LLC$31.3M96%
CSI AEROSPACE, INC.$604.3K1.9%
BROKEN ARROW ELECTRIC SUPPLY INC$367.1K1.1%
A G EQUIPMENT CO$207.9K0.6%
CITIZEN CONTRACTING GROUP LLC$136.5K0.4%
PETROLAB, L.L.C.

Spending by fiscal year

50.3MFY2017
97.5MFY2018
71.7MFY2019
69.6MFY2020
70.5MFY2021
51.1MFY2022
71.1MFY2023
92.7M

Top industries (NAICS)

Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$32.5M100%
Other electrical equipment and component manufacturing · 3359$350K1.1%
Other general purpose machinery manufacturing · 3339$207.9K0.6%
Investigation and security services · 5616$136.5K0.4%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$108.9K0.3%
Other chemical product and preparation manufacturing · 3259$99K

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma

TRAINING SYSTEM ACQUISITIONS III TASK ORDER, C-5 AIR CREW TRAINING SYSTEM.$267.8M
CYMSTAR LLC· Tulsa County, OK· Equipment maintenance· Sep 11, 2017 – Apr 30, 2026· FA862117F6255
A-10 AIRCREW TRAINING SYSTEM$123.8M
CYMSTAR LLC· Tulsa County, OK· Equipment maintenance· Jul 31, 2020 – May 27, 2026· FA862120F6259
E-4B TRAINING SYSTEM DEVICE$25.7M
CYMSTAR LLC· Tulsa County, OK· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 14, 2020 – Jun 12, 2026· FA862120F6264
THE C-5 TRAINING SYSTEM (TS) PROGRAM IS COMPOSED OF TWO ELEMENTS: C-5 AIRCREW TRAINING SYSTEM (ATS) AND THE C-5 MAINTENANCE TRAINING SYSTEM (MTS). THE C-5 TS CONTRACT IS FOR THE DELIVERY OF SUPPLIES AND NONPERSONAL SERVICES SPECIFIED IN THE PWS.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, so they do not add up across cities.

Broken Arrow, Oklahoma's figures are part of those of Tulsa County, OK and Wagoner County, OK ($269.1M in FY2026), never added to them: 12% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Broken Arrow is mostly in Tulsa County.

See federal money in Tulsa County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Broken Arrow, Oklahoma is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Tulsa, OK42

Other cities and towns in Tulsa County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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