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What Is It Like to Live in Midwest City?

What it costs to live in Midwest City, and how it compares with other Oklahoma cities, in plain numbers.

Value score

46

18th best value in Oklahoma

How much you get for what you pay, versus other Oklahoma cities.

Overall livability

40

21st overall in Oklahoma

Cost, safety, schools, jobs and quality of life combined.

Midwest City is home to about 58,146 people. A typical home runs $122,600 and a household earns around $52,200, a price-to-income ratio of 2.4. Among Oklahoma's largest cities, it ranks 18th for value and 21st overall.

Midwest City at a glance

Median home price

$122,600

13th in OK of 33

Median rent

$911/mo

Median household income

$52,200

Home price to income

2.4x

Unemployment

6.8%

28th in OK of 33

School rating

3/10

22nd in OK of 33

Air quality (AQI)

45

0th in OK of 33

Walk score

5/100

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Sources: Home prices and rent from Zillow; income, unemployment and commute from the U.S. Census; school ratings from state education data; crime from the FBI; air quality from the EPA. City rankings are within Oklahoma only. Updated 2026.