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Best value cities in Oklahoma

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Best value” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on cost of living index, median home price, 2-bedroom rent, median household income. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.

Top 10 · computed ranking
  1. 1.Enid, OK51k residents

    62/100

    cost of living index: 74 · median home price: $154,900 · median household income: $62,125

  2. 2.Bartlesville, OK38k residents

    62/100

    cost of living index: 74 · median home price: $167,200 · median household income: $58,869

  3. 3.Lawton, OK91k residents

    61/100

    cost of living index: 74 · median home price: $142,100 · median household income: $54,433

  4. 4.Muskogee, OK37k residents

    61/100

    cost of living index: 74 · median home price: $146,100 · median household income: $50,213

  5. 5.Shawnee, OK32k residents

    59/100

    cost of living index: 75 · median home price: $160,100 · median household income: $55,815

  6. 6.Midwest City, OK58k residents

    56/100

    cost of living index: 76 · median home price: $164,500 · median household income: $57,520

  7. 7.Yukon, OK26k residents

    53/100

    cost of living index: 79 · median home price: $198,900 · median household income: $75,273

  8. 8.Moore, OK63k residents

    50/100

    cost of living index: 80 · median home price: $204,500 · median household income: $80,420

  9. 9.Tulsa, OK414k residents

    47/100

    cost of living index: 80 · median home price: $205,300 · median household income: $59,838

  10. 10.Oklahoma City, OK697k residents

    45/100

    cost of living index: 86 · median home price: $240,000 · median household income: $62,000

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 the best value in Oklahoma?
Enid, OK ranks first with a fit score of 62/100, followed by Bartlesville (62) and Lawton (61), using the "Best value" 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 cost of living index, median home price, 2-bedroom rent, median household income, across this set. Change the weights in the live tool and the order changes with them.