SparrowhawkOK
A town in Oklahoma, home to 183 people.
Is Sparrowhawk a good place to live?
Sparrowhawk’s midpoint age is 61.4 years, above both the Oklahoma town median (36.2 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years). No town among the 132 in Oklahoma we compare has a higher home-ownership rate than Sparrowhawk. Sparrowhawk has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Sparrowhawk.
Most of Sparrowhawk’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.2 jobs for each of them
Jobs based in Sparrowhawk fell to 16 in 2023, 229 fewer than in 2013. For half of commuters, work is under 28 miles away. The top destinations are Tahlequah (32%), Tulsa (15%) and Muskogee (5%).
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
High risk in Sparrowhawk, with inland flooding at the top
The FEMA risk score in Sparrowhawk is 78 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 53% come from inland flooding and 14% from tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Sparrowhawk: mild winters and hot summers
A winter brings about 4 inches of snow, with January nights at 26° and July afternoons at 92°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Sparrowhawk is
The share of adults in Sparrowhawk who say their health is fair or poor: 21%. The town beats the Oklahoma average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. Among 132 Oklahoma towns, just 5 have a higher share of adults who had a checkup this year than Sparrowhawk.
| Sparrowhawk | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 40% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 14% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 78% | 79% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 34% | 25% |
| What stands out | Sparrowhawk | OK |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.4% | 11.3% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 13.2% | 16.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.6% | 7.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Sparrowhawk
Moving to Sparrowhawk: who provides what
Sparrowhawk is unincorporated, so Cherokee 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.
100% of working residents leave Sparrowhawk for work
Where Sparrowhawk’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Sparrowhawk
About 6 of every 100 Sparrowhawk residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Oklahoma.
About Sparrowhawk
Census-designated place in Oklahoma, United States
Sparrowhawk is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 202 as of the 2020 Census, up from the population of 191 reported as of the 2010 census, at which time the CDP was known as Scraper. The older name of the community was given for Captain Archibald Scraper of the 2nd Regiment, Indian Home Guard. Sparrowhawk takes its name from Sparrow Hawk Mountain, which occupies most of the CDP.
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- Area
- 5.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,080 ft
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