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Sand Springs gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $240K, 3.5 years of the Tulsa metro’s $69K median household income. It grades C overall, 52nd of 131 graded towns in Oklahoma. The low prices come with trade-offs. Its police reported 36 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025, a higher rate per resident than 80% of U.S. towns. Sand Springs’ trail network density is 1.0 miles per square mile, where Oklahoma’s towns sit at 0.2 and U.S. towns at 0.4. Its National Register listings include Fort Arbuckle Site and Sand Springs Power Plant.
Where Sand Springs beats most towns.
1.3% of the town is conserved land, across 7 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Oklahoma), ordered by how far Sand Springs is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 4,067 in 1920, 19,874 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 2006 and 4 maps from 1956 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sand Springs. Close and well known come first.
7 mi Stadium & arenaBOK Center
10 mi Stadium & arenaSkelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium
9 mi MuseumThe Outsiders House Museum
9 mi MuseumPhilbrook Museum of Art11 mi Theme parkBell's Amusement Park
7 mi MuseumGilcrease MuseumBOK Center: Okiefromokla, Public domain · Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium: Chippothenut, CC BY 3.0 · The Outsiders House Museum: TheDoctorWho, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Philbrook Museum of Art: Dustin M. Ramsey, aka Kralizec! at English Wikipedia. Cropped by CPacker., Attribution · Gilcrease Museum: Wolfgang Sauber, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Sand Springs, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Sand Springs.
Sand Springs looks healthier within Oklahoma than nationally and has seen reported crime fall by about half, but it has a long record of flood insurance claims.
There are 22 miles of trail across 7 parks and preserves. The biggest place to walk is Case Community Park, 182 acres with 1.2 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Case Community Park | 1.2 mi | 182 |
| 2. Sand Springs Lake Park | — | 45 |
| 3. Ray Brown Park | — | 28 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Three of the 9 schools are below, and why each made the list. The Sand Springs school district runs its public schools. Public school enrollment here: 3,026 students across 6 schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clyde Boyd MSLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,046 | C+ |
| Charles Page HSLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,716 | B+ |
| Limestone EsTop results in townGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 259 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OK on state tests and graduation
Reported crimes fell from 791 to 420 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
In Sand Springs, the level of property crime is 18.8 per 1,000 residents, above both Oklahoma’s towns (14) and U.S. towns (9.9). For Sand Springs, the violent offense rate is 1.8 per 1,000 residents.
| Sand Springs | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 18.8 per 1,000 residents | 14 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.8 per 1,000 residents | 2.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Half commute less than 12 miles. The typical journey to work in Sand Springs is 21 minutes. For most workers, Sand Springs is a place to come home to: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Tulsa (48%), Oklahoma City (5%) and Broken Arrow (4%).
| Sand Springs | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 11% | 22% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 18% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $76,000 | $55,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Sand Springs’ typical July afternoon high is 93°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Within Oklahoma it is healthier than 82% of the 131 graded towns: much of Oklahoma scores lower on these measures.
Sand Springs: 16% of adults worry about having enough food. Against the Oklahoma average, Sand Springs comes out ahead on 2 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 2. In Sand Springs, 14% of adults binge drink, and 30% get no exercise outside work. Only 4 of the 131 Oklahoma towns we compare have a higher share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Sand Springs.
| Sand Springs | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 26% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 14% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 34% | 25% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 34% | 33% |
| What stands out | Sand Springs | OK |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 9.6% | 11.3% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 15.8% | 18.5% |
| More adults with depression | 28.9% | 25.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Zillow values the typical Sand Springs home at about $240,000, up 4.9% in a year, 9% above the Oklahoma typical home. A home in Sand Springs typically sold within 26 days of listing. For Sand Springs, the median rent is $1,002 a month.
| Sand Springs | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 71% | 62% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,002 a month | $870 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Age groups here sit within 4 points of the Oklahoma average. Among residents in Sand Springs, 26% are under 18. The bachelor’s-degree share among adults 25 and older is 27%, against 28% across Oklahoma. This Oklahoma town has grown 2.4% since 2020, to 20,397 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Sand Springs | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 26% | 25% | 22% |
| Median age | 37.1 years | 36.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 27% | 20% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 16% | 18% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.1 points. Across Oklahoma, 50.2% of residents are women.
| Sand Springs | OK | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.8% | 12.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.3% | 11.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9% | 9.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.3% | 13.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.3% | 13.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11% | 11.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.9% | 11.9% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10% | 9.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.2% | 6.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.1% | 10.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31.8% | 30.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.2% | 22.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.7% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19% | 18.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.3% | 9.9% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
360 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 25 properties have flooded more than once.
Federal disaster aid has reached households in Sand Springs after 10 declared disasters, most recently in 2023. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 54% of U.S. communities. The national flood insurance program has paid 360 claims here since 1979. 42% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by heat waves at 28%.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
9 within 15 miles of the center of Sand Springs
About 4 of every 100 Sand Springs residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Oklahoma.
Where Sand Springs’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
3 places in Sand Springs on the National Register of Historic Places.
7 notable people were born in Sand Springs.
City in Osage, Creek, and Tulsa counties, Oklahoma, United States
Sand Springs is a city in Osage, Creek and Tulsa counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. A western suburb of Tulsa, it is located predominantly in Tulsa County. The population was 19,874 in the 2020 U. S. Census, an increase of 5.1 percent from the figure of 18,906 recorded in 2010.
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6 towns share a border with Sand Springs.
| Town | OK rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Springs | #52 | C | B | C− | B | C+ |
| Westport | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sperry | — | — | A+ | C− | C+ | C− |
| Mannford | #24 | B | B+ | A− | B+ | C+ |
| Oakhurst | — | — | A | — | D | C− |
| Tulsa | #130 | D− | C+ | D− | D | C |
| Sapulpa | #53 | C | B | C+ | B | C |
Sperry and Oakhurst have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Oakhurst reports no FBI crime data of its own. Westport isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Sand Springs with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Sand Springs grades C overall, better than 33% of U.S. towns and #52 of 131 in Oklahoma. It grades C+ for health, C− for safety and B for schools. Safety is its weak spot, with a C−.
7 notable people were born here, including Mae Young and Sam Harris.
