Scores by category

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

Safety10#14,056/15,637
Economy52#7,504/15,631
Housing93#1,017/14,977
Health27#11,448/15,609
Healthcare73#4,238/15,650
Environment8#14,237/15,453
Education21#12,369/15,649
Infrastructure59#6,452/15,650
Community36#10,091/15,651
Leisure & amenities76#3,826/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Sand Springs, 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 · low39.2%
93/100Oklahoma 46.3%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
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
Rent as share of income · low26.3%
90/100Oklahoma 28.4%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Hospital quality rating · high4.2
89/100Oklahoma 3.3United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesTulsa County value
Mental health providers · high504 /100k
87/100Oklahoma 439 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTulsa County value

Weaknesses

Depression · high30.0%
4/100Oklahoma 26.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
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

Trends

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

New homes permittedWorsening
4.3 /1k (2021) → 1.4 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−68%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
81.4% (2015-2019) → 90.4% (2020-2024)
+9.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
20.2% (2015-2019) → 27.3% (2020-2024)
+7.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Median household incomeImproving
$58,153 (2015-2019) → $75,645 (2020-2024)
+30%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.2× (2015-2019) → 2.6× (2020-2024)
+19%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
13.9% (2015-2019) → 10.5% (2020-2024)
−3.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%

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, Sand Springs, Oklahoma improved on 4 of 15 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 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.

Improved4

Bachelor's++7.1 points20.2% → 27.3%
Uninsured−3.4 points13.9% → 10.5%
Household income+30%$58,153 → $75,645
Broadband+9.1 points81.4% → 90.4%

Declined2

Unemployment+2.6 points3.2% → 5.9%
Price / income+0.4×2.2× → 2.6×

All 15 measures

Change of every measure of Sand Springs, Oklahoma between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	20.3 min2015-2019	20.5 min2020-2024	+0.2 min	Within the margin of error	44%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%2015-2019	27.3%2020-2024	+7.1 points	Improved	80%
Broadband subscriptions	81.4%2015-2019	90.4%2020-2024	+9.1 points	Improved	55%
Child poverty rate	14.0%2015-2019	14.2%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Effective property tax rate	1.07%2015-2019	0.92%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	45%
High school diploma or higher	89.7%2015-2019	91.9%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	2.6×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	53%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4152015-2019	0.4002020-2024	−0.015	Within the margin of error	64%
Median household income	$58,1532015-2019	$75,6452020-2024	+30%	Improved	56%
Poverty rate	9.3%2015-2019	10.5%2020-2024	+1.3 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	26.3%2015-2019	26.3%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Rent-burdened households	41.5%2015-2019	39.2%2020-2024	−2.3 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Unemployment rate	3.2%2015-2019	5.9%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Declined	12%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	13.9%2015-2019	10.5%2020-2024	−3.4 points	Improved	79%

“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 Sand Springs, Oklahoma five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Sand Springs, 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, Sand Springs, Oklahoma itself moved +2.9 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

20,117 residents (±162)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 10–19 men (+2.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

20,117 residents (±162)

Sand Springs, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

White75%15,122
Black1.9%†392
Hispanic or Latino6.7%1,341

Education

13,037 residents (±463)

Sand Springs, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

No high school diploma8.1%1,054
High school or GED32%4,144
Some college23%3,022

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

7,742 households (±383)

Sand Springs, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $25k13%1,026
$25k–50k16%1,248
$50k–75k20%1,565
$75k–100k15%1,152
$100k–150k20%1,556
$150k–200k9.0%693
$200k or more6.5%502

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−7.8 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

7,742 households (±383)

Sand Springs, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Own71%5,522
Rent29%2,220

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

1,990 households (±204)

Sand Springs, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $75025%502
$750–1,00025%488
$1,000–1,50040%802

Home values

5,522 homes (±356)

Sand Springs, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under $150k30%1,662
$150k–250k42%2,294
$250k–400k20%1,091

Age of homes

8,273 homes (±379)

Sand Springs, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

2010 or later13%1,055
2000–200916%1,295
1980–199923%1,941

Size of homes

8,273 homes (±379)

Sand Springs, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Studio3.8%313
1 bedroom7.3%601
2 bedrooms19%1,552

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

9,146 workers (±443)

Sand Springs, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Drive alone80%7,317
Carpool11%983
Public transit0.0%0
Walk1.3%†120
Bike0.4%†41
Work from home7.0%643
Other0.5%†42

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−8.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

8,503 workers (±453)

Sand Springs, Oklahoma
Oklahoma share

Under 15 min29%2,462
15–29 min46%3,931
30–44 min21%1,762

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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 Sand Springs'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 $2.2M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Sand Springs, Oklahoma: $112 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $2.2M; −27% vs FY2025
Per resident: $112; US $1,994
Sole-source: 7.9%; US 30%
Single offer: 1.7%; 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 Army$1.5M66%
U.S. Coast Guard$218.6K9.7%
Department of Veterans Affairs$178.2K7.9%
Bureau of Land Management$102.7K4.6%
Defense Logistics Agency$70.6K3.1%
Departmental Offices$61.5K2.7%
U.S. Customs and Border Protection$38.4K1.7%
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acquisition and Property Management Division$28.1K1.2%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

661.2KFY2017
1.4MFY2018
544.6KFY2019
1.6MFY2020
4.1MFY2021
457.7KFY2022
2.1MFY2023
1.5M

Top industries (NAICS)

Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$1.4M61%
Support activities for air transportation · 4881$218.6K9.7%
Support activities for animal production · 1152$102.7K4.6%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$88.5K3.9%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$74.4K3.3%
Building equipment contractors · 2382

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 Sand Springs, Oklahoma, so they do not add up across cities.

Sand Springs, Oklahoma's figures are part of those of Tulsa County, OK and Osage County, OK ($278.2M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.8% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Sand Springs 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.

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

House

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

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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