Your take-home pay will go farther in Oklahoma City’s low-cost metros.
By Francesca Levy, Forbes.com
Oct 28, 2010
Provided by Forbes
Oklahoma may be best known for wind sweepin’ down the plain. But there’s a lot more going on in the Sooner State than Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals would lead you to believe.
Just consider the state capital, Oklahoma City: It’s got good schools and universities, friendly residents and an unemployment rate well below the national average–6.3% compared with the nationwide 9.5%. Thanks to good jobs and low cost of living, the Oklahoma City metro area ranks as America’s Most Affordable City.In compiling our list, we searched for cities that had a balance of cheap living and economic prosperity–places with solid job markets, but where costs aren’t prohibitive