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Ranked · Buying a home · Oklahoma

Best cities for buying a home in Oklahoma

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Buying a home” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on median home price, property tax rate, home price yoy, cost of living index. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.

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Top 10 · computed ranking

  1. 1.Muskogee, OK37k residents

    80/100

    median home price: $146,100 · property tax rate: 0.9% · home price yoy: +0.2%

  2. 2.Midwest City, OK58k residents

    77/100

    median home price: $164,500 · property tax rate: 0.9% · home price yoy: +0.2%

  3. 3.Moore, OK63k residents

    72/100

    median home price: $204,500 · property tax rate: 0.9% · home price yoy: +1.0%

  4. 4.Enid, OK51k residents

    72/100

    median home price: $154,900 · property tax rate: 0.9% · home price yoy: +3.8%

  5. 5.Yukon, OK26k residents

    72/100

    median home price: $198,900 · property tax rate: 0.9% · home price yoy: +1.1%

  6. 6.Shawnee, OK32k residents

    71/100

    median home price: $160,100 · property tax rate: 0.9% · home price yoy: +2.9%

  7. 7.Lawton, OK91k residents

    67/100

    median home price: $142,100 · property tax rate: 0.9% · home price yoy: +5.5%

  8. 8.Bartlesville, OK38k residents

    67/100

    median home price: $167,200 · property tax rate: 0.9% · home price yoy: +4.7%

  9. 9.Tulsa, OK414k residents

    63/100

    median home price: $205,300 · property tax rate: 0.9% · home price yoy: +2.7%

  10. 10.Broken Arrow, OK118k residents

    61/100

    median home price: $250,400 · property tax rate: 0.9% · home price yoy: +2.1%

Methodology: each city is scored 0–100 by min–max normalizing every weighted facet across this candidate set (direction-aware), identical math to the tool's “Best fit” tab. A different weighting produces a different order, which is the point: this is a starting shortlist, not a verdict.

Questions & answers
Which city is best for buying a home in Oklahoma?
Muskogee, OK ranks first with a fit score of 80/100, followed by Midwest City (77) and Moore (72), using the "Buying a home" weighting.
How is this ranking calculated?
Each of the 10 candidate cities (25,000+ residents) is scored 0 to 100 by min-max normalizing the weighted facets, heaviest on median home price, property tax rate, home price yoy, cost of living index, across this set. Change the weights in the live tool and the order changes with them.