Sand HillOK
A town of 326 in Oklahoma.
Is Sand Hill a good place to live?
Among 132 Oklahoma towns, just 3 have a higher age of the median resident than Sand Hill. The biggest park or preserve is Gruber State Game Management Area, at 1,332 acres. Sand Hill has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
326 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Sand Hill: who provides what
Sand Hill is unincorporated, so Muskogee County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Sand Hill.
Natural hazards: very high risk in Sand Hill, mostly inland flooding
Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in just over four fifths of U.S. communities. FEMA puts half of Sand Hill’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 11% to tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Sand Hill’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.0 jobs for each of them
Among residents in Sand Hill, 22% live below the poverty line, where Oklahoma’s towns sit at 18% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. The town’s average commute comes in at 29 minutes. The top destinations are Muskogee (31%), Tulsa (17%) and Fort Gibson (5%). Half the trips to work are shorter than 32 miles.
| Sand Hill | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 22% | 18% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $46,000 | $55,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Sand Hill is
The share of adults in Sand Hill who report frequent physical distress: 16%. This Oklahoma town does better than the Oklahoma average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 4. Among adults locally, 44% have high blood pressure, above both the Oklahoma town median (40%) and the median of U.S. towns (35%). Only 8 of the 132 Oklahoma towns we compare have a lower share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Sand Hill.
| Sand Hill | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 40% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 34% | 33% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 12% |
| What stands out | Sand Hill | OK |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10.6% | 16.4% |
| More adults getting cholesterol checked | 87.1% | 84.3% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.9% | 7.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median home in Sand Hill sells for about $335K
Among households in Sand Hill, 74% own their home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
0% of Sand Hill is conserved land
Count the trails in 1 park or preserve and they come to 1.3 miles. Sand Hill’s trail network density stands at 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Gruber State Game Management Area | 0.3 mi | 1,332 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
USS Batfish and 7 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sand Hill. Close and well known come first.
13 mi MuseumUSS Batfish
31 mi LakeEufaula Lake
12 mi LandmarkFort Gibson
21 mi MuseumCherokee Heritage Center
15 mi MuseumFive Civilized Tribes Museum
12 mi MuseumThree Rivers Museum2K visitors a yearPhoto credits
USS Batfish: Blackwing.1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eufaula Lake: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, photographer not specified or unknown, Public domain · Fort Gibson: Fred Q. Casler, Photographer, Public domain · Cherokee Heritage Center: Uyvsdi, Public domain · Five Civilized Tribes Museum: Uyvsdi, Public domain · Three Rivers Museum: JudeHalley, Public domain
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Everything we know about Sand Hill
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Sand Hill
About 1 of every 100 Sand Hill residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Oklahoma.
100% of working residents leave Sand Hill for work
Where Sand Hill’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Sand Hill
Census-designated place in Oklahoma, United States
Sand Hill or Sand Hills is a census-designated place (CDP) in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 339 at the 2020 census, down from 395 in 2010.
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- Area
- 7.6 sq mi
Questions about Sand Hill
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Sand Hill, OK a good place to live?
Sand Hill has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.