Best Places to Buy Rental Property in Oklahoma (2026)

There is no honest way to rank Oklahoma cities by rental return without rent data, and this page does not have it. What it does have is transaction evidence: the median price homes actually closed at inside each city's limits, and how many closings happened. That answers the two questions that come before any cash flow analysis, what it costs to get in and whether you can get back out.

What this page measures, and what it does not

Every city below cleared at least 100 closings in its reporting window, which filters out markets too thin to read. They are ranked cheapest first by median closed price, from $138,000 to $260,000. You will not find rent estimates, rent-to-price ratios, cap rates, cash-on-cash projections or gross yield rankings here. Resideline does not have verified rent data for these cities, so publishing those numbers would be invention rather than analysis. Entry price and transaction volume are what the data supports. Every figure describes closings inside the city limits, not the wider postal area that shares the city's name. The two can differ a lot: a postal area usually reaches into surrounding townships, which pulls the median toward whatever those townships are worth. Oklahoma's statewide median closed price is $252,990 across 30,212 tracked closings.

The rankings

1. Lawton, $138,000, 665 closings

At $138,000 the entry price is about 55 percent of the Oklahoma median. Resideline tracked 665 closings there over the last last six months, roughly 111 a month. About 93 percent of those closings are houses, so the figure describes that segment rather than every property type. Full detail is on the Lawton market page.

2. Enid, $156,500, 373 closings

At $156,500 the entry price is about 62 percent of the Oklahoma median. Resideline tracked 373 closings there over the last last six months, roughly 62 a month. About 96 percent of those closings are houses, so the figure describes that segment rather than every property type. Full detail is on the Enid market page.

3. Ponca City, $160,000, 189 closings

At $160,000 the entry price is about 63 percent of the Oklahoma median. Resideline tracked 189 closings there over the last last six months, roughly 32 a month. About 97 percent of those closings are houses, so the figure describes that segment rather than every property type. Full detail is on the Ponca City market page.

4. Shawnee, $190,000, 319 closings

At $190,000 the entry price is about 75 percent of the Oklahoma median. Resideline tracked 319 closings there over the last last six months, roughly 53 a month. About 99 percent of those closings are houses, so the figure describes that segment rather than every property type. Full detail is on the Shawnee market page.

5. Ardmore, $195,000, 211 closings

At $195,000 the entry price is about 77 percent of the Oklahoma median. Resideline tracked 211 closings there over the last last six months, roughly 35 a month. About 96 percent of those closings are houses, so the figure describes that segment rather than every property type. Full detail is on the Ardmore market page.

6. Bartlesville, $195,500, 384 closings

At $195,500 the entry price is about 77 percent of the Oklahoma median. Resideline tracked 384 closings there over the last last six months, roughly 64 a month. About 93 percent of those closings are houses, so the figure describes that segment rather than every property type. Full detail is on the Bartlesville market page.

7. Guthrie, $207,825, 156 closings

At $207,825 the entry price is about 82 percent of the Oklahoma median. Resideline tracked 156 closings there over the last last six months, roughly 26 a month. About 99 percent of those closings are houses, so the figure describes that segment rather than every property type. Full detail is on the Guthrie market page.

8. Claremore, $220,000, 204 closings

At $220,000 the entry price is about 87 percent of the Oklahoma median. Resideline tracked 204 closings there over the last last six months, roughly 34 a month. About 96 percent of those closings are houses, so the figure describes that segment rather than every property type. Full detail is on the Claremore market page.

9. Moore, $225,000, 507 closings

At $225,000 the entry price is about 89 percent of the Oklahoma median. Resideline tracked 507 closings there over the last last six months, roughly 84 a month. About 99 percent of those closings are houses, so the figure describes that segment rather than every property type. Full detail is on the Moore market page.

10. Sand Springs, $230,000, 175 closings

At $230,000 the entry price is about 91 percent of the Oklahoma median. Resideline tracked 175 closings there over the last last six months, roughly 29 a month. About 98 percent of those closings are houses, so the figure describes that segment rather than every property type. Full detail is on the Sand Springs market page.

11. Tulsa, $232,000, 3,126 closings

At $232,000 the entry price is about 92 percent of the Oklahoma median. Resideline tracked 3,126 closings there over the last last six months, roughly 521 a month. About 90 percent of those closings are houses, so the figure describes that segment rather than every property type. Full detail is on the Tulsa market page.

12. Oklahoma City, $233,000, 3,770 closings

At $233,000 the entry price is about 92 percent of the Oklahoma median. Resideline tracked 3,770 closings there over the last last six months, roughly 628 a month. About 92 percent of those closings are houses, so the figure describes that segment rather than every property type. Full detail is on the Oklahoma City market page.

13. Yukon, $235,000, 181 closings

At $235,000 the entry price is about 93 percent of the Oklahoma median. Resideline tracked 181 closings there over the last last six months, roughly 30 a month. About 98 percent of those closings are houses, so the figure describes that segment rather than every property type. Full detail is on the Yukon market page.

14. Stillwater, $255,000, 377 closings

At $255,000 the entry price is about 101 percent of the Oklahoma median. Resideline tracked 377 closings there over the last last six months, roughly 63 a month. About 93 percent of those closings are houses, so the figure describes that segment rather than every property type. Full detail is on the Stillwater market page.

15. Mustang, $260,000, 194 closings

At $260,000 the entry price is about 103 percent of the Oklahoma median. Resideline tracked 194 closings there over the last last six months, roughly 32 a month. About 99 percent of those closings are houses, so the figure describes that segment rather than every property type. Full detail is on the Mustang market page.

How to use this list

Treat it as a shortlist, not an answer. A citywide median cannot price a specific address: property type, size, condition and location move a number far more than the city line does. Run any address on this list through Resideline for the comparable set behind its value.

Figures last updated August 23, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.