What salary do you need to live in Enid, OK?

What housing costs in Enid

Median gross rent, meaning contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities, runs $751, $888 and $1,076 a month for one, two and three bedrooms across Enid, OK. The largest of those is 43% more than the smallest.

Homeowners in Enid report a median home value of $160,100. Against a median household income of $66,182, the ratio is 2.4× — one of the gentler home-price-to-income ratios in the country.

Price levels matter beyond rent. The Bureau of Economic Analysis measures Enid's overall prices at 84.3 on a scale where the nation is 100, which makes a $100,000 salary feel like about $118,668 would elsewhere.

Income needed for each grade in Enid

For two bedrooms, $76,000 is where Enid turns Comfortable. Below that, $38,000 marks the start of Okay and $16,000 the start of Tight; under $16,000 the score reads Stretched. Rent at the Comfortable line is 14% of gross pay.

Royal, the top band, starts at $203,000. At that income rent is 5% of pay and the median home 0.8× income.

Each figure is the lowest income, to the next $1,000, at which the calculator itself would show that grade for a two-bedroom in Enid.

Four salaries, three home sizes in Enid

Take a $75,000 salary. In a one-bedroom the rent share is 12% and the score 68, Comfortable; in a three-bedroom the share rises to 17% and the score falls to 62, Okay.

Of the four salaries, $100,000 is the first where a two-bedroom reads Comfortable or better; $75,000 still lands at Okay.

Enid compared with every US metro

Ranked against all 387 metros, Enid sits 383rd on overall price level and 364th on the two-bedroom rent median, counting from the most expensive. Its median home value ranks 366th.

For a sense of scale, the metros just above and below it on two-bedroom rent are Florence, SC ($889) and Bay City, MI ($887).

Enid next to Oklahoma and similar metros

How Enid stacks up against its state: $888 for a two-bedroom against Oklahoma's $993, $160,100 for the median home against $199,800, and a price level of 84.3 against 87.8.

On statewide medians, a two-bedroom budget reaches Comfortable at $95,000 — above Enid's $76,000 line.

Looking for somewhere comparable without leaving Oklahoma? Lawton, OK, Fort Smith, AR-OK, and Tulsa, OK have the closest mix of rent and overall prices.

Enid's median income on the scale

A household at the Enid median income of $66,182 would see a two-bedroom score of 61 — Okay — with rent at 16% of income. The Comfortable line is 15% above what the median household makes. For Oklahoma as a whole, the median household income of $65,039 scores 54 against statewide rents. A household figure may pool several earners, unlike a single salary.

These are pre-tax estimates from public statistics, not financial advice.