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Place dossier plate
SheetOK-OWASSO-OK · Owasso, OK 39,013 pop · income 61st pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Owasso
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Owasso on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Warren · lowest
36,955
Warren · lowest
36,955 median HH income
33.2% of the leader · rank #1
Crestline · near
79,378
Crestline · near
79,378 median HH income
71.2% of the leader · rank #2
Owasso · this city
79,386
Owasso · this city
79,386 median HH income
71.2% of the leader · rank #3
Rochester · near
79,388
Rochester · near
79,388 median HH income
71.3% of the leader · rank #4
Wilton Manors · near
79,390
Wilton Manors · near
79,390 median HH income
71.3% of the leader · rank #5
Delray Beach · near
79,393
Delray Beach · near
79,393 median HH income
71.3% of the leader · rank #6
Peachtree City · highest
111,421
Peachtree City · highest
111,421 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Owasso on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 39,013.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Owasso - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Owasso places in the 61st percentile for household income and the 45th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
61st
percentile, household income
51st
percentile, home value
14th
percentile, median rent
45th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Owasso, OK
Oklahoma's Owasso is a small city, with 39,013 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Owasso households earn a median of $79,386 annually, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 4.8%. Home values in Owasso run a median of $231,400, and the median resident age is 33.6 years. About 35.9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 66.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 204 residential building permits were authorized in Owasso (Rapid Growth), up 36% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Owasso reports a comparatively low crime rate: the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program logs 1533.2 total incidents per 100,000 residents here, below the national average (agency reporting is voluntary, so this measures reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Living costs in Oklahoma run below the national norm: the state registers 87.8 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Well Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $995 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Oklahoma run around $205, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 55.5 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Owasso's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to work and mobility to housing and income to schools and households to reported crime to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Owasso, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, commute-mode shares, local building permits, matched public-school count.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Owasso?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Oklahoma, the closest population matches are Bartlesville (37,559 residents, $59,457 income); Muskogee (36,819 residents, $48,735 income); Shawnee (31,511 residents, $54,281 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Keizer, OR (39,013 residents); Roy, UT (39,021 residents); Navarre, FL (38,988 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
What does the journey to work look like in Owasso?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 80.1%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
How far does income reach against housing in Owasso?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.9 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 4.8%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
The NCES join finds 12 public schools within the city match. 35.9% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in Owasso?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1533.2 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 33% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
Total reported rate
1533.2
Violent rate
123.4
Property rate
1409.8
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +4,765 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +12.4% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 204 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
2020 estimate
38,352
2025 estimate
43,117
Period change
+12.4%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
Above median income · poverty 4.8% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
87.8 (US=100)
Very affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Oklahoma average
B
City profile score · Owasso, OK
70/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living A+
87.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bachelor's+ share B-
35.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate B-
4.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime B-
123 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Household income C
$79,386
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Owasso profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 94/100 (A+) · 87.8 index
Bachelor's+ share: 68/100 (B-) · 35.9%
Poverty rate: 67/100 (B-) · 4.8%
Violent crime: 65/100 (B-) · 123 /100k
Household income: 59/100 (C) · $79,386
Where Owasso sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Owasso's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Owasso highlighted among 11 peers.Read the chart values
Owasso, OK (this city): home $231,400, crime 1,533/100k
Keizer, OR : home $396,700, crime 2,057/100k
Roy, UT : home $350,800, crime 1,033/100k
Peachtree City, GA : home $461,000, crime 838/100k
Streamwood, IL : home $258,300, crime 835/100k
Bartlesville, OK : home $154,900, crime 2,492/100k
Muskogee, OK : home $124,900, crime 3,935/100k
Shawnee, OK : home $147,800, crime 3,344/100k
Bixby, OK : home $298,200, crime 857/100k
Stillwater, OK : home $230,900, crime 1,733/100k
Enid, OK : home $143,500, crime 2,922/100k
How does Owasso compare to other US cities?
Owasso measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income61% higher than other cities
Home value51% pricier than other cities
Median rent14% pricier than other cities
Safety45% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just Oklahoma and the picture shifts: Owasso ranks #101 of 203 Oklahoma cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Owasso against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Oklahoma only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Oklahoma-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Owasso near the bottom of Oklahoma's cities
Among the 671 Oklahoma cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Owasso ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Owasso only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#81 of 639
87th percentile in Oklahoma
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 671
0th percentile in Oklahoma
Median Home Value
#33 of 628
95th percentile in Oklahoma
Poverty Rate
#543 of 671
18th percentile in Oklahoma
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#46 of 671
93rd percentile in Oklahoma
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Oklahoma only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
61st percentile nationally for median household income · 45th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Owasso's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Owasso's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Owasso's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$231,40049th percentilemore affordable than 49% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Owasso's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.9×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#6,223 of 15,516
More affordable than 60% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#788 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 2.9×, Owasso sits in the affordable band:
national rank #6,223 of 15,516 and #788 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$79,386Owasso, OK median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Owasso, OK median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Owasso, OK.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)35.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)4.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)66.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
39,013
Median Income
$79,386
Median Home Value
$231,400
Median Age
33.6
Poverty Rate
4.8%
Labor force participation
66.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
35.9%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1533.2
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
123.4
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1409.8
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
12
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Owasso's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
38,352 residents
2021
38,647 residents
2022
39,370 residents
2023
41,239 residents
2024
42,729 residents
2025
43,117 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Rapid Growth
Total Permits (2024)
204
housing units authorized
Single-Family
190
detached homes
Multifamily
14
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
5.2
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
150
86
64
$25.9M
2020
192
134
58
$36.1M
2021
324
258
66
$62.8M
2022
784
131
653
$113.5M
2023
589
167
422
$91.9M
2024
204
190
14
$55.9M
Permit volume increased 36% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
80.1%
Carpool
7.6%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.6%
Work from Home
11.1%
Other
0.6%
Based on 19,568 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Oklahoma statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $205
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Oklahoma at $205 (electricity about $115 , water and sewer about $40 ).
These are Oklahoma statewide averages, not a meter reading for Owasso. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Oklahoma's BEA cost-of-living index is 87.8 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Owasso is $995/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Oklahoma statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 55.5 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Oklahoma statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Owasso sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Owasso compares to similar-size Oklahoma cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.