Bartlesville, OK

The affordability dashboard for Bartlesville, OK aggregates Census ACS 5-Year Estimates across 2 ZIP codes covering 39,999 residents, then layers in county-level federal data to produce an overall grade of B- (65/100). The headline inputs are median household income of $63,023, median home value of $169,250, median rent of $924 per month, and 33.0% of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher. These four metrics alone explain most of the variance between city dashboards.

Cross-agency feeds widen the picture beyond Census demographics. HUD publishes a Fair Market Rent for a 2-bedroom in this county at $947 per month (studio $712, 1BR $801, 3BR $1,317, 4BR $1,340). Department of Labor data lists infant center-based childcare at $10,752 per year, consuming 17% of the local median household income.

Reading the overall grade requires reading all seven dimensions together. The score weights Income 20%, Safety 20%, Housing 15%, Rent 15%, Education 10%, Commute 10%, and Childcare 10%, with each sub-score benchmarked against national percentiles rather than state averages — so the grade is genuinely comparable across any city in the country. Strengths visible in the raw data for Bartlesville, OK include housing, commute, rent. Unemployment currently reads 4.4% and poverty 16.5% — numbers worth keeping alongside the headline grade.