Sapulpa...Small town, or suburb? (Tulsa, Owasso: homes, neighborhood, living)

[boris63]

I have a potential job oppourtunity in Sulpulpa and was curious if Sapulpa has more of a small town or a suburban atmosphere? Looking on the map, it seems somewhat isolated, but also very close to Tulsa.

I really want to live in the country and wonder how far I would have to travel out of Sapulpa to find a nice rural area where the population is on the sparce side.

In general, does Tulsa have a lot of suburban sprawl? It looks(on the map) like if I were to head west or southwest out of Sapulpa, I'd be in the country pretty quick. Is that an accurate judgement?

[Nameless]

Originally Posted by boris63

I have a potential job oppourtunity in Sulpulpa and was curious if Sapulpa has more of a small town or a suburban atmosphere? Looking on the map, it seems somewhat isolated, but also very close to Tulsa.

I really want to live in the country and wonder how far I would have to travel out of Sapulpa to find a nice rural area where the population is on the sparce side.

In general, does Tulsa have a lot of suburban sprawl? It looks(on the map) like if I were to head west or southwest out of Sapulpa, I'd be in the country pretty quick. Is that an accurate judgement?

Yes, if you're thinking of taking that job in Sapulpa I would look just down the turnpike 20 minutes in Bristow. Kellyville or Mounds could work as well. They are both 10 minutes outside Sapulpa but very rural.

[cannon_fodder]

Both.

In many respects Sapulpa is its own small town. It has a fair amount of industry, some retail areas, and a small amount of office space. But a good portion of the city does commute to Tulsa and it shares an incorporated border with Tulsa. I suppose it is a suburb but not just a bedroom community (Jenks, Bixby, Owasso are mostly bedroom communities IMHO).

To answer you more specific question within 10 or 20 minutes of Sapulpa you could certainly find a nice little acreage with plenty of nothing for you to enjoy:
Sapulpa, OK, United States of America - Google Maps

You could work in downtown Tulsa and do the same if you were so inclined.

[AJK1535]

You would not be hard pressed to find sparsely populated areas within 10 minutes of Sapulpa.

[boris63]

Originally Posted by AJK1535

You would not be hard pressed to find sparsely populated areas within 10 minutes of Sapulpa.

Going by a detailed Oklahoma atlas that I have, it looks like the area west of Sapulpa is somewhat hilly and a bit of a mix of farmland and woods. Does that sound fairly accurate?

[midtowntulsa]

I work in Sapulpa and I live in Midtown Tulsa. Within minutes of Sapulpa you can find many homes on acreage, many even have a nice view. If you go a little further out to Kellyville, you can have your pick and be as remote as you want to be! Go to Terry Gartside, Realtors > Welcome! (no affiliation) and you can search for yourself.

[TomWatsonB]

Sapulpa is not really a suburb of Tulsa, although it may become one sometime within the next few years, maybe. It still has that small-town feel. I personally don't care for Sapulpa, but there are many hills around the town that are pretty. I would say that if you are going to work in Sapulpa, living out in the country somewhere nearby would be no problem. Actually, there are some beautiful spots east of Sapulpa, towards Tulsa and Jenks that are great, really, and there is still plenty of land.....

[Howest2008]

Sapulpa OK is really a edge city of Tulsa , but edge cities are called suburbs also..a rose by any name smells just as sweet. So Is it a edge city...a suburb...or a so called satellite city..they all are just the same thing with different names....however there's is one different between..Edge Cities and Satellite Cities...and Suburbs the first two have Downtowns and Jobs separate from the Inner-City.

[mcheatherly]

I live in Jenks, work in Sapulpa. Sapulpa is annexing all the time and growing a lot. There are 9 new neighborhood projects and several industrial projects going. Once you get south or west of Sapulpa, you are getting in to some more rural areas. Mounds, Kiefer, Kellyville, Bristow are all very rural. Sand Springs borders Sapulpa on the north, Jenks and Glenpool to the South and East and Tulsa to the North East.

[TulsaArtist]

Egads, its shocking to consider it, but Sapulpa used to be waaay out there alone. When I was a kid it was a neat day trip to go aaaall the way out to Sapulpa and visit the Frankoma Pottery place. Now with all the recent growth of Jenks, Glenpool, even west Tulsa, and all the stuff along hwy75, I keep running into Sapulpa more and more often lol. Its suddenly become, "right there" lol. You can easily imagine all those areas and towns merging together in one continuous mass. Wowsers.