City safety & data profile

TulsaOK

Tulsa, OK is a 413K-resident city in Tulsa County with a median household income of $59,838.

Tulsa County, Oklahoma. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Tulsa, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Tulsa has a population larger than 99% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $205,300, and 13 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Compiled by Areazine

Data updated 2026-09-04

413K
Population (place): Top 1%
By size: $59,838
Median income (place): $205,300
Median home (place): 18.7%
Poverty rate (place)

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The read on Tulsa

Tulsa posts a median household income higher than 22% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 13 hospitals serve the Tulsa area.

Bottom 23%
by median income, US cities: 13
hospitals in & near Tulsa

Where Tulsa income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$59,838 Bottom 22% higher than 22% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Oklahoma City

681,054
Tulsa

413,066
Norman

128,026
Broken Arrow

106,563
Lawton

96,655
Edmond

90,092
Moore

60,451
Midwest City

57,249
Enid

51,776
Stillwater

48,967

What this shows Oklahoma City is the largest OK city on this list; Jenks leads median income.

Jenks

$111,004
Bixby

$104,404
Edmond

$103,183
Choctaw

$100,574
Mustang

$87,844
Broken Arrow

$86,765
Moore

$80,420
Glenpool

$79,525
Owasso

$79,036
Sand Springs

$75,645

What this shows Jenks posts the highest place-level median income in OK; Oklahoma City is largest by headcount.

The quick read

Reading Tulsa, OK beyond the headline numbers

Tulsa sits inside Tulsa County, Oklahoma, at roughly 36.15°N, -95.99°W. Population 413,066, $59,838 median household income. Median home value $205,300, median rent $1,052. Poverty rate 18.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

13 hospitals in/around Tulsa, 3.7/5 avg rating, 7 with an ER.

18.7% of Tulsa, OK residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

The median home in Tulsa costs roughly 3.4 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Remote work covers 11.5% of Tulsa workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 12.9% in Tulsa, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Tulsa from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)

413,066

Tulsa · Census Place

Median Income (place)

$59,838

-33% vs avg

Median Home Value (place)

$205,300

-50% vs avg

Median Age (place)

35.6

years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Tulsa County): Tulsa's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024

Population

681K+12%

Median Income

$69,009+43%

Median Home Value

$230,400+72%

Poverty Rate

14.7%-8%

Unemployment

5.4%-24%

Economics

Economics indicators for Tulsa, OK
Indicator	Value
Median Rent	$1,052/mo
Poverty Rate	18.7% +51% vs avg
Unemployment	6.1%
Bachelor's Degree+	33.6%
Work From Home	11.5%
Public Transit	0.5%

Population

White 54.4%

African American 14%

Asian 3.5%

Two or More Ethnicities 8.3%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity

37.5%

Short Sleep Duration

36.9%

High Blood Pressure

36.9%

Physical Inactivity

33.8%

Frequent Mental Distress

18.8%

Current Smoking

16.3%

Frequent Physical Distress

14.6%

Lack of Health Insurance

14.4%

Binge Drinking

12.9%

Diabetes

12.8%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 55.4%

Annual Checkup 76.4%

Other Measures

Current Asthma

11.7%

Coronary Heart Disease

Stroke

3.8%

Hospitals 13 total

Rating Distribution

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Average Rating

3.7/5

Total Hospitals

With ER

SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL, INC