These Are The 10 Most Expensive Places To Live In Oklahoma For 2018

Everyone wants a home that mixes affordability with comfort and Oklahoma does this very well. Families love the Sooner State’s beaches, midlands, and mountains as tourists before moving here and calling it home.

But before you decide to relocate, you have to do some research into the exact cost of living around the state — and that’s how we’re going to help you.

These are the places in Oklahoma that cost a pretty penny — the most expensive cities in the state.

After we saved up for months and could finally afford it, we landed on this list of the ten most expensive cities in Oklahoma for 2018:

1. Coweta (Photos | Homes For Sale)
2. Edmond (Photos | Homes For Sale)
3. Piedmont (Homes For Sale)
4. Tahlequah (Photos | Homes For Sale)
5. Sallisaw (Photos | Homes For Sale)
6. Wagoner (Photos | Homes For Sale)
7. Woodward (Photos | Homes For Sale)
8. Stillwater (Photos | Homes For Sale)
9. Muskogee (Photos | Homes For Sale)
10. Enid (Photos | Homes For Sale)

So hopefully Ada (the cheapest place to live in Oklahoma) can show these guys how to live on a budget in the coming years. Read on for how these places had costs rise faster than inflation.

And if you already knew these places were expensive, check out the best places to live in Oklahoma or the cheapest.

1. Coweta

Population: 9,555
Services: 99
Groceries: 111
Health Care: 100
Housing: 67
Transportation: 83
Utilities: 94
More on Coweta: Homes For Sale | Data
Coweta is a city in Wagoner County, Oklahoma, United States and is a suburb of Tulsa. As of 2010, the population was 9,943. Part of the Creek Nation in Indian Territory before Oklahoma became a U.S. state, the town was first settled in 1840.

2. Edmond

Population: 81,594
Services: 101
Groceries: 89
Health Care: 95
Housing: 105
Transportation: 92
Utilities: 98
More on Edmond: Homes For Sale | Data
Edmond is a city in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States, and a part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area in the central part of the state. As of the 2010 census, the population was 81,405, making it the sixth largest city in the state of Oklahoma.

3. Piedmont

Population: 5,783
Services: 101
Groceries: 89
Health Care: 95
Housing: 104
Transportation: 92
Utilities: 98
More on Piedmont: Homes For Sale | Data
Piedmont is a city primarily in Canadian County, Oklahoma, though a small part of it is in Kingfisher County. It is a part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area. The population was 5,720 at the 2010 census, a 56.7 percent increase from 3,650 at the 2000 census. Piedmont is a home rule city served by a council-manager government.

4. Tahlequah

Population: 15,912
Services: 99
Groceries: 111
Health Care: 100
Housing: 63
Transportation: 83
Utilities: 94
More on Tahlequah: Homes For Sale | Data
Tahlequah is a city in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States located at the foothills of the Ozark Mountains. It is part of the Green Country region of Oklahoma and was established as a capital of the 19th-century Cherokee Nation in 1839, as part of the new settlement in Indian Territory after the Cherokee Native Americans were forced west from the American Southeast on the Trail of Tears.

5. Sallisaw

Population: 8,779
Services: 99
Groceries: 111
Health Care: 100
Housing: 56
Transportation: 83
Utilities: 94
More on Sallisaw: Homes For Sale | Data
Sallisaw is a city and county seat of Sequoyah County. The population was 8,880 at the 2010 Census, an 11.2 percent increase from 7,891 at the 2000 census. Sallisaw is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area.

6. Wagoner

Population: 8,395
Services: 99
Groceries: 111
Health Care: 100
Housing: 56
Transportation: 83
Utilities: 94
More on Wagoner: Homes For Sale | Data
Wagoner is a city in Wagoner County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 8,323 at the 2010 census, compared to 7,669 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Wagoner County. It became the first city incorporated in Indian Territory on January 4, 1896.

7. Woodward

Population: 12,110
Services: 98
Groceries: 96
Health Care: 96
Housing: 57
Transportation: 85
Utilities: 108
More on Woodward: Homes For Sale | Data
Woodward is a city in and the county seat of Woodward County, Oklahoma, United States. It is the largest city in a nine-county area. The population was 12,051 at the 2010 census.

8. Stillwater

Population: 45,584
Services: 90
Groceries: 107
Health Care: 95
Housing: 81
Transportation: 84
Utilities: 102
More on Stillwater: Homes For Sale | Data
Coordinates: 360658N 970332W 36.116; -97.059

9. Muskogee

Population: 39,045
Services: 99
Groceries: 111
Health Care: 100
Housing: 52
Transportation: 83
Utilities: 94
More on Muskogee: Homes For Sale | Data
Muskogee is a city in and the county seat of Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States. Home to Bacone College, it lies approximately 48 miles southeast of Tulsa. The population of the city was 39,223 as of the 2010 census, a 2.4 percent increase from 38,310 at the 2000 census, making it the eleventh-largest city in Oklahoma.

10. Enid

Population: 49,122
Services: 98
Groceries: 96
Health Care: 96
Housing: 55
Transportation: 85
Utilities: 108
More on Enid: Homes For Sale | Data
Enid is a city in Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 49,379, making it the ninth-largest city in Oklahoma. It is the county seat of Garfield County. Enid was founded during the opening of the Cherokee Outlet in the Land Run of 1893, and is named after Enid, a character in Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s Idylls of the King. In 1991, the Oklahoma state legislature designated Enid the “purple martin capital of Oklahoma.” Enid holds the nickname of “Queen Wheat City” and “Wheat Capital” of Oklahoma and the United States for its immense grain storage capacity, and has the third-largest grain storage capacity in the world.

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How We Determined The Most Expensive Places To Live In The Sooner State For 2018

There are basic necessities that you have to buy no matter where in the country you live. Those things include:

• Housing
• Food
• Gas
• Health Insurance
• Utilities
• Transportation

You can then compare the cost of these things in each of the places in Oklahoma to figure out which is the most expensive.

What you are left with is a “Cost of Living Index” that normalizes to 100 for an average place in the United States.

So we used that cost of living index in order to rank all of the 73 places in Oklahoma that have more than 5,000 people.

And just so you can better understand how the cost of living index works, 100 is the average cost of a place in the United States. A score of 90 means that the place cost 10% less than average.

San Francisco has a score of 243 meaning it’s almost 2.5 times as expensive as the average place in the country.

Taking A Chunk Out Of Your Paycheck

Well there you have it, the places in Oklahoma that have the highest cost of living, with Coweta ranking as the most expensive city in the Sooner State.

If you’re curious, here are the least expensive cities in Oklahoma:

1. Ada
2. Ardmore
3. Lone Grove

For more Oklahoma reading, check out:

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Detailed List Of The Most Expensive Cities In Oklahoma

Rank	City	Population	Services	Groceries	Health Care
1	Coweta	9,555	99	111	100
2	Edmond	81,594	101	89	95
3	Piedmont	5,783	101	89	95
4	Tahlequah	15,912	99	111	100
5	Sallisaw	8,779	99	111	100
6	Wagoner	8,395	99	111	100
7	Woodward	12,110	98	96	96
8	Stillwater	45,584	90	107	95
9	Muskogee	39,045	99	111	100
10	Enid	49,122	98	96	96
11	Poteau	8,502	99	111	100
12	Ponca City	25,223	93	96	94
13	Okmulgee	12,402	99	111	100
14	Henryetta	5,898	99	111	100
15	Weatherford	10,891	86	103	106
16	Jenks	16,918	97	93	96
17	Bixby	20,964	97	93	96
18	Guthrie	10,314	101	89	95
19	Broken Arrow	98,648	97	93	96
20	Elk City	11,860	86	103	106
21	Tuttle	6,015	92	90	97
22	Owasso	29,487	97	93	96
23	Lawton	96,187	86	103	106
24	Mustang	17,534	92	90	97
25	Blackwell	7,064	93	96	94
26	Collinsville	5,612	97	93	96
27	Choctaw	11,202	92	90	97
28	Glenpool	10,868	97	93	96
29	The Village	9,034	92	90	97
30	Oklahoma City	581,094	92	90	97
31	Guymon	11,414	92	98	100
32	Harrah	5,162	92	90	97
33	Yukon	23,038	92	90	97
34	Duncan	23,332	86	103	106
35	Idabel	7,002	114	92	86
36	Tulsa	391,486	97	93	96
37	Catoosa	7,074	97	93	96
38	Sand Springs	19,157	97	93	96
39	Bethany	19,188	92	90	97
40	Altus	19,708	86	103	106
41	Warr Acres	10,080	92	90	97
42	Bartlesville	35,876	97	93	96
43	Sapulpa	20,609	97	93	96
44	Cushing	7,818	90	107	95
45	Skiatook	7,753	97	93	96
46	Midwest City	54,773	92	90	97
47	Clinton	9,071	86	103	106
48	Perry	5,121	90	107	95
49	Del City	21,469	92	90	97
50	Anadarko	6,744	86	103	106
51	El Reno	16,955	92	90	97
52	Grove	6,587	91	102	94
53	Claremore	18,669	91	102	94
54	Miami	13,588	94	89	90
55	Blanchard	7,569	88	91	86
56	Pryor Creek	9,519	91	102	94
57	Newcastle	7,740	88	91	86
58	Norman	111,753	88	91	86
59	Durant	16,014	89	91	87
60	Vinita	5,721	91	102	94
61	Moore	55,265	88	91	86
62	Noble	6,466	88	91	86
63	Purcell	5,885	88	91	86
64	Hugo	5,325	89	91	87
65	Shawnee	30,058	88	91	86
66	Chickasha	16,129	88	91	86
67	Tecumseh	6,480	88	91	86
68	Pauls Valley	6,156	88	91	86
69	Seminole	7,438	88	91	86
70	Holdenville	5,628	88	91	86
71	Lone Grove	5,069	87	91	91
72	Ardmore	24,392	87	91	91
73	Ada	16,852	87	91	91