Oklahoma City, OK

The affordability dashboard for Oklahoma City, OK aggregates Census ACS 5-Year Estimates across 43 ZIP codes covering 640,470 residents, then layers in county-level federal data to produce an overall grade of C (58/100). The headline inputs are median household income of $62,980, median home value of $192,967, median rent of $1,128 per month, and 28.3% 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 $1,244 per month (studio $939, 1BR $1,017, 3BR $1,675, 4BR $1,857). Department of Labor data lists infant center-based childcare at $11,204 per year, consuming 18% 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. Unemployment currently reads 5.2% and poverty 18.1% — numbers worth keeping alongside the headline grade.