Bixby, Oklahoma

Area Profile

30,155 residents. Public schools, jobs, income, housing cost, climate and natural-hazard risk for Bixby, in Tulsa County.

72out of 100
Area Score
Top 14% of 2,944 profiles measured

How we calculate this

How this area ranks
OpportunityTop 27% of 3,904 cities measured68
SchoolsTop 11% of 2,668 cities measured82
GrowthTop 26% of 2,973 cities measured64
Housing affordabilityTop 13% of 4,223 cities measured98
Climate3395th of 4,223 cities measured62
Physical resilience2159th of 4,182 cities measured57
AccessTop 49% of 4,226 cities measured92
Economic stabilityTop 15% of 4,226 cities measured76
The quick read

Residential permitting has slowed: 231 units authorized over the past twelve months, 49% below the prior year.

Housing is more affordable relative to local incomes than in most published city profiles: rent takes 16% of median household income and the median home is 3.2 times it.

A major airport is 17 miles away, giving the area unusually direct access to the national air network.

At a glance

Population
30,155
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$104,404
Top 16% nationally
Density
1,172/sq mi
25.7 sq mi of land
Median age
36.4
2024 ACS 5-Year
County
Tulsa County
Oklahoma
Metro area
Tulsa, OK
Nearest major airport
TUL
17 mi · Tulsa Intl
Median home value
$334,200
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 3.8% is lower than 70% of the 3,904 measured US cities.

Employment fell 2.0% over the past year, to 15,525 employed residents.

48% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 87% of measured US cities.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Median household income ±$7,712$104,404Top 16%of 29,5732024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$2,577$49,917Top 17%of 31,4202024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate5.6%Bottom 26%of 31,9002024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute26.2 minBottom 47%of 31,5432024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher48.3%Top 13%of 31,9192024 ACS 5-Year
Employment15,525Bottom 16%of 3,904June 2026
Employment change (3 years)3.4%Top 13%of 3,903June 2026
Employment change (year over year)-2.0%Bottom 19%of 3,904June 2026
Labor force16,144Bottom 15%of 3,904June 2026
Labor force participation69.6%Top 19%of 31,9332024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$59,070Bottom 12%of 3,6582025 OEWS
Median annual wage$46,670Bottom 14%of 3,6582025 OEWS
Unemployment change (year over year)0.7%Top 19%of 3,904June 2026
Unemployment rate3.8%Bottom 30%of 3,904June 2026
Unemployment rate
2021/062022/032022/122023/092024/062025/032025/102026/063.82.2
Monthly unemployment rate from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, most recent value 3.8% in June 2026. A break in the line is a month the Bureau of Labor Statistics did not publish for this area — it is left empty rather than estimated.
Median household income, successive ACS releases
2021202220232024104k91k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $104,404 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — Tulsa, OK
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Fast Food and Counter Workers12,760$26,460
Retail Salespersons12,110$29,810
General and Operations Managers11,840$96,150
Registered Nurses10,880$84,790
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand9,990$36,980
Customer Service Representatives9,800$38,560

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

41% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 36% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.

There are 18.2 students for every full-time teacher, more than in most measured places.

Public schools
8
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
18.2
across all schools here
Math proficiency
41.4%
Top 1% in Oklahoma
Reading proficiency
36.4%
Top 8% in Oklahoma
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
BIXBY HSBIXBY2,40520.6
BIXBY MSBIXBY1,30618.934%31%
WEST ELEMENTARYBIXBY75717.652%42%
CENTRAL ESBIXBY70918.232%32%
BIXBY NORTH ESBIXBY64416.572%57%
WEST INTERMEDIATEBIXBY53315.732%35%
NORTH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLBIXBY48716.235%32%
CENTRAL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLBIXBY45115.634%27%

27.2% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with rather than how the schools perform, which is why AreaProfile shows it and does not score it.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Schools are placed by ZIP code, so this is which schools are in this place rather than which one a particular address is zoned for — district boundaries do not follow municipal ones, and enrollment zones change. Fully virtual schools are excluded: they enroll students from across the state while reporting one administrative address, and counting them here would describe a school population this place does not have. The assessment covers grades 3 through 8, so a high school shows no proficiency figure — a dash in those columns means the test was not given at that school, not that it performed badly. Proficiency is measured against Oklahoma’s own standard, so it compares cleanly within the state and only broadly against other states; AreaProfile therefore ranks it within state. The directory is current, while the proficiency figures are from the last school year with national coverage before the pandemic interrupted testing.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $1,393 takes 16% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 3.2 times median household income here, above the historic benchmark of about three times income.

Rent as a share of income
16.0%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
3.2×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,393
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$334,200
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Home price to income3.20Top 43%of 28,4732024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate76.0%Top 50%of 31,8432024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±32311,437Top 5%of 32,3302024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$92$1,393Top 24%of 23,4322024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$13,641$334,200Top 24%of 29,3422024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income16.0%Bottom 31%of 23,2012024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate4.7%Bottom 27%of 32,0012024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →
Development Momentum
64/ 100
Top 26% of 2,973 published city profiles
Permitting is increasing — 2 consecutive years, measured from 2020 to 2025.

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

Population has grown 10% since 2020, reaching 31,728 in 2024.

Population is still rising, but more slowly than in the preceding year.

New construction is predominantly single-family: only 0% of permitted units are in buildings of five or more homes.

At 7.7 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US cities.

Units permitted
231
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
7.7
Top 19% nationally
Year over year
−49%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
0.0%
units in 5+ unit buildings
Population, annual estimates
2020202120222023202432k29k
Census Population Estimates Program, July 1 of each year. These annual estimates are designed for year-over-year comparison, unlike the ACS five-year figure shown as this profile's population.
Housing units permitted per year
20202022202320242025449235
Annual totals from the Census Building Permits Survey. Permitting in 2025 was higher than 2020 (+91%).

Weather & climate

5 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 94°F and January a low of 28°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 42.1 inches.

Air quality measures a median index of 51, in the Moderate band, and about 8 days a year pass 100, the threshold at which the air is unhealthy for sensitive groups.

20°40°60°80°100°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station TULSA R L JONES JR AP, 8.8 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND6.1"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
90th percentile air quality index74.02024 calendar year
Annual precipitation42.1"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low28°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high94°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months51991-2020 Normals
Days above AQI 10082024 calendar year
Median air quality index51.02024 calendar year
Seasonal temperature swing44°F1991-2020 Normals
Air quality
Median air quality index
51
Moderate on a typical day
Worst tenth of days
74
90th percentile index
Days above 100
8
unhealthy for sensitive groups

A comfortable median and a bad tail are different problems. Wildfire smoke and summer ozone show up in the worst tenth of days, not in the middle of the year.

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today. Air quality is measured rather than modelled, by EPA monitors, and published by county only where a monitor sits — roughly half the counties AreaProfile publishes have one, and the rest show nothing rather than an estimate. Air masses are regional, so a county reading describes the air over a place reasonably well, but it is still the county reading.

Physical risk

57 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding, strong wind and hail.

Ice stormModerate
HailModerate
Strong windElevated
Inland floodingModerate
LightningModerate
DroughtModerate

Low or minimal exposure: heat wave, tornado, cold wave, wildfire, winter weather, earthquake, landslide, hurricane.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. City values are the population-weighted mean of the counties the city overlaps, using AreaProfile place-to-county land-area weights. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

These are deaths, not offences. AreaProfile does not publish reported crime, and this is not a substitute for it — it says nothing about burglary, theft or assault.

Tulsa County records 4.8 homicide deaths per 100,000 residents a year, near the middle of counties measured. The CDC does not publish this below county level.

Firearm deaths of all intents run at 10.4 per 100,000 — more than the homicide rate, because nationally most firearm deaths are suicides.

Drug overdose deaths run at 20.4 per 100,000 residents in Tulsa County.

Homicide
4.8
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Firearm deaths, all intents
10.4
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Drug overdose
20.4
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Suicide
10.5
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides. The two columns overlap and should not be added.

Age-adjusted rates from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC for Tulsa County as a whole — these rates are not published below county level. A county can hold both a dense city centre and a suburb whose experience of it is nothing alike, so this describes the county around Bixby rather than Bixby itself. That is why AreaProfile shows these figures and does not put them in the Area Score. Where fewer than ten deaths were recorded the count is suppressed at source, and a rate built on single figures moves sharply between releases. What this measure has that reported crime does not: a death certificate is filed whether or not the local police agency submitted a return that year, so the figures stay comparable between places and over time.

What this profile does not cover

Three things people look for are missing from every AreaProfile page, and each is missing for a reason rather than by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Reported crime
Offences reported to police are published by department rather than by town, and only where a department reported every month of the year. No municipal department reports for this place — many smaller communities are policed by the county — so there is no figure to show. A partial year is never scaled up to look complete, and arrest counts or news volume are never substituted for it.
Taxes and full cost of living
No public source publishes either with national coverage and a method open enough to check. Housing affordability above is computed from published rent, price and income, and excludes transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes — commuting cost in particular tends to offset suburban housing savings. Nothing here is individualised tax advice.
Anything about a specific address
Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house. School attendance zones, insurance pricing and the character of a neighbourhood all vary within the places measured here.

Access

3 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 17 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Tulsa IntlTUL17 mi10,000 ft
Northwest Arkansas NtlXNA91 mi8,801 ft
Fort Smith RgnlFSM95 mi9,318 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

Customize your score

What matters to you?

Choose what you weight most heavily. Nothing is saved to an account — your preferences stay in this browser, and the Area Score never changes.

Area Score
72
Your Score

Select one or more priorities to see how this location scores against them.

Other cities in Tulsa, OK

Same metropolitan area, measured the same way
CityCountyPopulationArea ScoreCompare
TulsaTulsa County413,79453vs Bixby
Broken ArrowTulsa County118,18067vs Bixby
OwassoTulsa County40,15166vs Bixby
JenksTulsa County27,10270vs Bixby
SapulpaCreek County22,57062vs Bixby
ClaremoreRogers County20,16658vs Bixby
Sand SpringsTulsa County20,11757vs Bixby
GlenpoolTulsa County14,15163vs Bixby
OkmulgeeOkmulgee County11,34842vs Bixby
CowetaWagoner County10,43358vs Bixby

Every city here is measured on the same scale from the same source releases, so the comparison is like for like. A higher Area Score reflects AreaProfile’s standardized weighting rather than a judgment about which is the better place to live.

Compare

Put Bixby side by side with a similar place.

Bixby vs EdmondBixby vs JenksBixby vs AndoverBixby vs Lake Hopatcong

Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026Monthly, roughly three weeks after the reference month
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)
safetyU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Provisional county-level mortality by intent
April, 2025 to March, 2026Quarterly, with a rolling twelve-month window alongside complete calendar years
schoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2019-20 school year; 2024-25 school yearDirectory annually; assessment results as EDFacts releases them
ClimateU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System
Daily Air Quality Index by county
2024 calendar yearAnnually, once a calendar year is complete

Profile recalculated August 30, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

ZIP codes in Bixby

1 published ZIP profiles
ZIPPopulationMedian household incomeArea Score
7400834,006$104,00072