The 10 Worst Tulsa Suburbs

The 10 Worst Tulsa Suburbs To Live For 2024

We’ll get the ball rolling with Catoosa, the absolute worst place to live around Tulsa according to the data.

And in the world of worst rankings, Catoosa beat the competition pretty handily thanks to scoring in the bottom 15% in three major categories. Income is the 5th worst in the Tulsa area, and to make matters worse, the city ranks 3rd worst when it comes to home values.

But hey, at least it’s cheap to live there. But there’s a reason for that… it’s Catoosa.

You won’t feel bad about not having a great income for the area. There aren’t a bunch of places to spend your money anyway.

Welcome to Mannford. Home to KMart, Big Lots, and a lot of gas stations.

This city is 23.9 miles to Tulsa. Income levels here are the 3rd lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $60,125 a year, which only goes so far even on a shoestring budget.

But on the bright side, there are a lot of fast food joints in the area.

Back up the highway we go for the third worst Tulsa suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Claremore on here. While the cost of living is low, your entertainment and work options are limited. And that’s an understatement.

In terms of numbers, it’s in the worst 15% for insurance, and the adult high school dropout rate is poor compared to other Tulsa suburbs.

But at least there are lovely parks to bring the kids during the day.

If you live in Sapulpa, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 4th lowest Tulsa suburb for median household incomes.

Not only that, but this is the 12th worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Tulsa. Remember, we looked at 14 cities for this study.

Sapulpa is about 15.1 miles to downtown.

Collinsville has the distinction of being a Tulsa suburb. Which means that’s about all it has going for it.

All snarkiness aside, Collinsville has the 10th lowest home values in the metro Tulsa area, where the median price is $261,886. The median income is $101,767.

Collinsville has an unemployment rate of 8.24% which ranks worst.

Sand Springs has 19,925 residents that probably know it’s a pretty crummy place to live when you look at the data. (Or, if you’ve ever been there, you don’t need to look at the data.)

Incomes are towards the bottom, and the poverty rate sits at 10.815593871669106%.

Ah, Coweta. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Tulsa.

It’s the place with the 4th most out of work residents in the Tulsa metro area (5.33%).

Kiefer is a city about 15.3 miles from Tulsa, but Tulsa probably wishes it was further away. It ranks as the 8th worst burb for 2018.

You’d be hard-pressed to find a worse place to live. Kiefer has the most uninsured people, 9th worst incomes, and has the 10th highest unemployment rate (3.73%) in the entire Tulsa metro area.

Homes only cost $224,600 for a reason. That’s cheap for Tulsa standards.

If you absolutely have to live near Tulsa, then Glenpool might be a place for you to consider as it’s only the 9th worst Tulsa suburb.

About 3.99% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Tulsa suburbs to call home is Broken Arrow.

Located 9.3 miles outside the city, Broken Arrows is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 7th highest unemployment rate (4.34%), and poverty is far above the area average.