Moving to Bartlesville, Oklahoma

About Bartlesville, Oklahoma
Bartlesville

Bartlesville is a city mostly in Washington County and Osage County, Oklahoma. The population was 37,290 at the 2020 census. Bartlesville is 47 miles (76 km) north of Tulsa and 18 miles (29 km) south of the Kansas border. It is the county seat of Washington County. The Caney River runs through Bartlesville.

Bartlesville is the primary city of the Bartlesville Micropolitan area, which consists of Washington County and had a population of 51,843 in 2018. A small portion of the city is in Osage County. The city is also part of the Tulsa Combined Statistical Area, with a population of 1,151,172 in 2015.

Bartlesville is notable as the longtime home of Phillips Petroleum Company. Frank Phillips founded Phillips Petroleum in Bartlesville in 1905 when the area was still an Indian Territory. The company merged with Conoco as ConocoPhillips and later split into the two independent companies, Phillips 66 and ConocoPhillips. Both companies have retained some operations in Bartlesville, but they have moved their corporate headquarters to Houston.

It is one of two places in Oklahoma where a Lenape Native American tribe lives, the other being Anadarko.

Gender
Gender Bartlesville Oklahoma Country
Female 52.2% 50.5% 50.8%
Male 47.8% 49.5% 49.2%
Gender

Household Income


Income Bartlesville Oklahoma Country
Less than $10,000 5.2% 6.7% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 5% 4.7% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 11.7% 10.7% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 11.7% 10.3% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 12.6% 14.1% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 18.8% 18.5% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 11.1% 12.5% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 12.9% 13.3% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 4.7% 4.8% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 6.1% 4.4% 8.3%
Education


Education Bartlesville Oklahoma Country
< 9th Grade 1% 4% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 6% 8% 7.0%
High School or GED 32% 31% 27.0%
Other College 20% 23% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 8% 8% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 21% 17% 20.0%
Master's Degree 8% 6% 9.0%
Professional Degree 2% 2% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 2% 1% 1.0%
Household Income
Education
Race / Ethnicity


Ethnicity Bartlesville Oklahoma Country
White 72.2% 64.9% 60.1%
African American 3.5% 7.1% 12.2%
American Indian 8% 7.3% 0.6%
Asian 3% 2.2% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0% 0.1% 0.2%
Other 0.1% 0.2% 0.3%
Multiracial 6.3% 7.2% 2.8%
Hispanic 6.9% 10.9% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity