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Oklahoma cost of living

Oklahoma has an all-items price parity of 87.8 on the U.S. = 100 scale. Compare the statewide picture with county rents and metro price levels.

BEA 2024 · HUD FY2027 · ACS 2020–2024 · CPI through 2026-10

87.8
All-items price level

BEA 2024; U.S. = 100

$65,039
Median household income

ACS 2020–2024

$199,800
Median home value

Owner-occupied homes, ACS 2020–2024

$1,127
Typical 2BR benchmark

Population-weighted county FMR, FY2027

Read the local picture

Regional Price Parities (RPPs) compare prices across places in the same year. An index of 110 means prices are 10% above the U.S. level; 90 means 10% below. RPP measures relative price levels, while CPI measures price change over time.

Oklahoma: RPP components

BEA 2024 regional context; each category is compared with its own U.S. = 100 benchmark. These are not county price estimates or spending shares.

  1. All items87.8
  2. Goods93.8
  3. Housing rents62.8
  4. Utilities73.9
  5. Other services95.5
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Black marker: U.S. benchmark = 100 in each row.

Put the benchmark in context

Fair Market Rent (FMR) is HUD’s estimate of the 40th percentile gross rent for standard-quality rental homes occupied by recent movers. It includes rent and most tenant-paid utilities. A household’s actual rent can differ substantially by neighborhood, lease and property.

Monthly rent by bedroom

HUD FY2027 gross monthly FMR; includes most tenant-paid utilities. Dollars per month.

  1. Studio$857
  2. 1 bedroom$914
  3. 2 bedrooms$1,127
  4. 3 bedrooms$1,499
  5. 4 bedrooms$1,708
0$1,708

Income after benchmark rent is $51,512 a year: ACS median household income minus 12 months of the population-weighted 2BR FMR. This is a comparison between separate datasets and periods, before taxes and all other expenses; it is not disposable income.

The data in view

Price levels relative to the U.S.

BEA RPP, U.S. = 100 each year. This is not an inflation index.

View chart data
Period or categoryValue
200889.5
200988.5
201090.6
201190.9
201291.2
201391.5
201491.8
201591.4
201691.5
201790.9
201889.6
201989.3
202089.6
202189.9
202288.8
202388.7
202487.8

Price levels by category

Each category has its own U.S. benchmark of 100. Components are indexes, not spending shares.

Category2024 RPP
All items87.8
Goods93.8
Housing rents62.8
Utilities73.9
Other services95.5

Monthly Fair Market Rent by bedroom

HUD 40th percentile gross rent for standard-quality units; includes tenant-paid utilities except telephone, cable and internet. These are benchmarks, not asking-rent medians.

Home sizeFY2027 monthly gross rent
Studio$857
1 bedroom$914
2 bedrooms$1,127
3 bedrooms$1,499
4 bedrooms$1,708

County cost comparison

Income: ACS 2020–2024. Rent: HUD FY2027. Rent / income = 12 × 2BR FMR ÷ median household income; it does not measure actual renter burden.

County or equivalent2BR rent / monthMedian household incomeRent / income
Adair County$916$48,04122.9%
Alfalfa County$916$64,61517.0%
Atoka County$916$54,78520.1%
Beaver County$916$64,27617.1%
Beckham County$1,039$53,32823.4%
Blaine County$1,021$61,64219.9%
Bryan County$1,004$57,22521.1%
Caddo County$916$55,35319.9%
Canadian County$1,264$87,75117.3%
Carter County$1,040$60,72320.6%
Cherokee County$943$53,21821.3%
Choctaw County$916$44,08124.9%
Cimarron County$916$62,18817.7%
Cleveland County$1,264$77,06819.7%
Coal County$916$50,42321.8%
Comanche County$974$60,76119.2%
Cotton County$916$58,42518.8%
Craig County$940$51,92221.7%
Creek County$1,229$62,33823.7%
Custer County$916$59,73818.4%
Delaware County$980$56,67620.7%
Dewey County$916$62,56917.6%
Ellis County$916$61,01618.0%
Garfield County$997$66,18218.1%
Garvin County$916$58,55618.8%
Grady County$1,011$75,41916.1%
Grant County$916$60,75818.1%
Greer County$916$59,40618.5%
Harmon County$916$43,33325.4%
Harper County$916$64,05317.2%
Haskell County$916$49,80622.1%
Hughes County$916$51,58121.3%
Jackson County$916$62,79917.5%
Jefferson County$916$48,66822.6%
Johnston County$916$52,68820.9%
Kay County$916$58,42318.8%
Kingfisher County$1,039$71,97517.3%
Kiowa County$916$44,96224.4%
Latimer County$916$41,40526.5%
Le Flore County$916$51,56521.3%
Lincoln County$916$62,21617.7%
Logan County$1,264$83,89918.1%
Love County$1,101$66,58019.8%
Major County$916$71,26615.4%
Marshall County$916$57,24519.2%
Mayes County$916$60,30518.2%
McClain County$1,264$84,55217.9%
McCurtain County$916$51,92921.2%
McIntosh County$916$46,28123.8%
Murray County$979$66,32217.7%
Muskogee County$949$53,61921.2%
Noble County$916$66,36516.6%
Nowata County$943$54,33320.8%
Okfuskee County$916$48,36322.7%
Oklahoma County$1,264$66,67922.7%
Okmulgee County$921$54,02920.5%
Osage County$1,229$62,84723.5%
Ottawa County$916$49,94722.0%
Pawnee County$972$58,73819.9%
Payne County$1,010$49,80924.3%
Pittsburg County$916$55,31019.9%
Pontotoc County$982$63,01718.7%
Pottawatomie County$949$61,39818.5%
Pushmataha County$916$47,94022.9%
Roger Mills County$932$66,09416.9%
Rogers County$1,229$80,06718.4%
Seminole County$916$48,06222.9%
Sequoyah County$979$51,09323.0%
Stephens County$916$61,62017.8%
Texas County$1,079$60,06921.6%
Tillman County$916$48,93922.5%
Tulsa County$1,229$69,00921.4%
Wagoner County$1,229$81,20718.2%
Washington County$930$60,16218.5%
Washita County$916$63,50117.3%
Woods County$956$53,27521.5%
Woodward County$1,001$61,41719.6%

Metros with member counties in Oklahoma

BEA 2024, U.S. = 100. Rent is a population-weighted mean of member-county benchmarks where available.

Metro areaAll-items RPPHousing RPP2BR rent / month
Enid, OK *84.351.4$997
Fort Smith, AR-OK85.953.4$979
Lawton, OK85.957.4$972
Oklahoma City, OK90.473.9$1,246
Tulsa, OK89.268.2$1,214