Sperry, Oklahoma.
. Tulsa, OK metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$627 (+118%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Oklahoma$1,159
- United States$1,922
Living in Sperry, Osage County, Oklahoma
Sperry is a town of 1,115 people in Osage County. Half its households earn more than $49,583 a year and half less, against $62,847 across Osage County; 18% of its people live below the poverty line. 72% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 28% are rented. Unemployment in Osage County was 4.5% in August 2026, and the county had 4.7% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then construction.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Sperry is a small town in Osage County, Oklahoma, where most homes are lived in by their owners. Household incomes run below the county's, and relatively few adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cool, with a little snow, and summers are hot. Rain and melted snow add up to a fair amount over the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, the building trades, manufacturing and shops. Across Osage County, some of the largest workplaces are OSU Medical Center and Trust, Wedlake Fabricating and Walmart. The county has added jobs over the past year, though unemployment there is higher than it was a year earlier. A typical commute is a moderate one, and some residents work from home.
Things to do. A short drive away, Tulsa has the Gilcrease Museum and the Woody Guthrie Center, both museums, and the Tulsa Zoo. The Tulsa Botanic Garden is also a short drive away, and makes a pleasant outing in the warmer months. Farther afield, Keystone Lake is a longer drive for time on the water.
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- 445households
- 9%of adults have a degree
- 18%below the poverty line
- 25 mintypical commute
- 11%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Osage County had 8,027 jobs in 2025, 4.7% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 49° and lows near 28°; warmest in July, with highs near 94° and lows near 73°. About 9 inches of snow and 41 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Tulsa International Airport weather station, 9 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Osage County
- OSU Medical Center and TrustGeneral medical and surgical hospitals1,208
- Wedlake FabricatingMotor generator sets manufacturing266
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters248
- Phillips 66 Research CenterChemical research and development laboratories or services156
- Family & Children's ServicesCrisis care center153
- Pawhuska SchoolsSchool district99FTE
- Fairfax Community HospitalCritical access hospital93FTE
- Pawhuska HospitalCritical access hospital83FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 13 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,449 people in all across the county; Sperry has one of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- WildfireRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Sperry’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Osage County and the Tulsa, OK metro.
Sperry home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Sperry listings — the market is roughly in balance.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Sperry19.47%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Sperry29
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Sperry9
Zip codes with a Sperry address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Sperry — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.