Are you sick of being a city slicker?
Do you long for life in suburban Oklahoma? Where you can drive an overly-large vehicle to the store for groceries and schlep the kids around to practices and appointments without worrying about a parking space.
We do, too.
If you wanted to move out to the suburbs in Oklahoma, where would you go? And how would you decide on the ranking factors to help you pick which Oklahoma suburb was best?
No worries. We got it all figured out here using Saturday Night Science.
$111,004 median income · $352,171 median home price
Located in
Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Jenks is a city in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, and a suburb of Tulsa, in the northeastern part of the state. It is situated between the Arkansas River and U.S. Route 75. Jenks is one of the fastest growing cities in Oklahoma. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 9,557, but by 2010, the population was 16,924, an increase of 77.1 percent.
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$104,404 median income · $331,056 median home price
Located in
Wagoner County, Oklahoma
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$79,036 median income · $315,428 median home price
Located in
Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Owasso is a city in Rogers and Tulsa Counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma, and a northern suburb of Tulsa. The population was 28,915 at the 2010 census. Originally settled in 1881 in Indian Territory, the town incorporated in 1904 just prior to Oklahoma statehood and was chartered as a city in 1972.
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$84,259 median income · $252,799 median home price
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$86,765 median income · $286,846 median home price
Located in
Wagoner County, Oklahoma
Broken Arrow is a city located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Oklahoma, primarily in Tulsa County but also with a section of the city in western Wagoner County. It is the largest suburb of Tulsa. According to the 2010 census, Broken Arrow has a population of 98,850 residents and is the fourth-largest city in the state. However, a July 2017, estimate reports that the population of the city is just under 112,000, making it the 280th-largest city in the United States. The city is part of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, which has a population of 961,561 residents.
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$90,570 median income · $282,492 median home price
Located in
Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Collinsville is a city in Rogers and Tulsa counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma, and a part of the Tulsa, Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was named for Dr. A. H. Collins, an engineer and surveyor who first surveyed the land that became this community. The population was 5,606 according to the 2010 census, an increase of 37.5 percent from 4,077 at the 2000 census.
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$79,525 median income · $242,874 median home price
Located in
Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Glenpool is a city in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the Tulsa Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the population was 10,808. This was an increase of 33.1% since the 2000 census, which reported total population as 8,123.
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$79,886 median income · $289,244 median home price
$83,317 median income · $242,704 median home price
$67,519 median income · $268,321 median home price
Located in
Wagoner County, Oklahoma
Coweta is a city in Wagoner County, Oklahoma, United States and is a suburb of Tulsa. As of 2010, the population was 9,943. Part of the Creek Nation in Indian Territory before Oklahoma became a U.S. state, the town was first settled in 1840.
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Pick a metric. The bars rescale. The red line is Oklahoma’s statewide median.
Oklahoma statewide median: $65,039
Oklahoma statewide median: $220,468
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Where Oklahoma’s best suburbs are
Saturday Night Science
Methodology: How we crunched the suburb numbers for the Sooner State
We have to use Saturday Night Science and look at several metrics to give you the best suburbs in Oklahoma. We want to measure the type of place around major cities that people arguing at a bar would say makes it the “best suburb.”
First, we had to define a suburb. Using U.S. Census data produced for the state of Oklahoma, we looked at every town with at least 1,000 residents, and within 30 miles of a city that’s over 200,000 people.
In other words, suburbs.
We paid particular attention to the following criteria:
- Median Home Values
- Median Income
- Population Density (Higher is Better)
- Unemployment Rates
- Commute Time
- Education Levels
- Health Insurance Coverage
- Poverty Rates
We ranked each suburb in Oklahoma across these criteria from one to 21, with one being the best.
We then took the average rank across all criteria, with the town posting the lowest overall score being crowned the winner of the title “Best Suburb To Live In Oklahoma.”
The result is some of the safest, quietest, and ideal places to live in Oklahoma.
Read on to see why Jenks is the ‘burb with the most, while Haskell is probably not the best place to live in Oklahoma.
The full plate
The Best Suburbs In Oklahoma
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| Rank | City | Population | Median Income | Median Home Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jenks | 27,102 | $111,004 | $352,171 |
| 2 | Bixby | 30,155 | $104,404 | $331,056 |
| 3 | Owasso | 40,151 | $79,036 | $315,428 |
| 4 | Verdigris | 5,637 | $84,259 | $252,799 |
| 5 | Broken Arrow | 118,180 | $86,765 | $286,846 |
| 6 | Collinsville | 8,878 | $90,570 | $282,492 |
| 7 | Glenpool | 14,151 | $79,525 | $242,874 |
| 7 | Oologah | 1,774 | $79,886 | $289,244 |
| 9 | Kiefer | 2,639 | $83,317 | $242,704 |
| 10 | Coweta | 10,433 | $67,519 | $268,321 |
| 11 | Sand Springs | 20,117 | $75,645 | $236,865 |
| 12 | Sapulpa | 22,570 | $63,817 | $212,650 |
| 13 | Mannford | 3,269 | $60,521 | $212,856 |
| 14 | Claremore | 20,166 | $58,685 | $257,872 |
| 15 | Mounds | 1,059 | $30,375 | $273,835 |
| 16 | Kellyville | 1,047 | $53,393 | $172,143 |
| 17 | Inola | 2,011 | $58,558 | $263,323 |
| 18 | Catoosa | 7,496 | $72,467 | $228,732 |
| 19 | Sperry | 1,066 | $49,583 | $120,827 |
| 20 | Beggs | 1,024 | $45,909 | $168,759 |
| 21 | Haskell | 1,549 | $33,750 | $193,369 |
Source: U.S. Census ACS via Saturday Night Science. 21 Oklahoma suburbs within 30 miles of a city over 200,000.
Summary
Summary: There You Have It – The Best Suburbs In Oklahoma
If you’re measuring the locations in Oklahoma where there are lots to do, and everyone wants to live, this is an accurate list.
The best suburbs in Oklahoma are Jenks, Bixby, Owasso, Verdigris, Broken Arrow, Collinsville, Glenpool, Oologah, Kiefer, and Coweta.
