AreaProfile

73170Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 73170.

70
Area Score
Top 17% of 695 published profiles

How we calculate this

How this area ranks
OpportunityTop 30% of 727 published ZIP areas64
GrowthTop 11% of 701 published ZIP areas69
Housing affordabilityTop 9% of 800 published ZIP areas95
Climate618th of 779 published ZIP areas62
Physical resilience456th of 800 published ZIP areas50
AccessTop 24% of 779 published ZIP areas99
Economic stabilityTop 14% of 800 published ZIP areas76
The quick read

Housing is more affordable relative to local incomes than in most published city profiles, with rent taking 20% of median household income.

A major airport is 5 miles away, giving the area unusually direct access to the national air network.

Its Area Score of 70 places 73170 in the top 17% of published ZIP profiles.

At a glance

Population
41,458
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$94,688
Top 23% nationally
Density
1,974/sq mi
21.0 sq mi of land
Median age
40.4
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Metro area
Oklahoma City, OK
Nearest major airport
OKC
5 mi · OKC Will Rogers Intl
Median home value
$264,300
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 4.3% is lower than 70% of the 1,061 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment fell 1.6% over the past year, to 366,908 employed residents.

38% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 77% of measured US ZIP areas.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$7,372$94,688Top 23%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$2,791$47,738Top 23%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate6.5%Bottom 28%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute24.3 minBottom 31%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher37.9%Top 23%2024 ACS 5-Year
Employment366,908Top 40%June 2026
Employment change (3 years)1.8%Top 37%June 2026
Employment change (year over year)-1.6%Bottom 33%June 2026
Labor force383,197Top 40%June 2026
Labor force participation66.9%Top 25%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$60,330Bottom 16%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$47,230Bottom 21%2025 OEWS
Unemployment change (year over year)1.1%Top 2%June 2026
Unemployment rate4.3%Bottom 30%June 2026
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202495k82k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $94,688 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — Oklahoma City, OK
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Fast Food and Counter Workers22,970$24,960
Retail Salespersons18,370$30,160
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand18,320$37,010
General and Operations Managers17,710$97,110
Registered Nurses16,530$82,920
Customer Service Representatives15,610$39,330

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Oklahoma City, OK, the city containing this ZIP code.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $1,593 takes 20% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 2.8 times median household income here, close to the historic benchmark for an affordable market.

Rent as a share of income
20.2%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
2.8×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,593
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$264,300
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income2.79Bottom 39%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate81.8%Top 41%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±71116,750Top 6%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$88$1,593Top 19%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$7,544$264,300Top 39%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income20.2%Top 34%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate3.6%Bottom 15%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →
Development Momentum
69/ 100
Top 11% of 701 published city profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

New construction is predominantly single-family: only 5% of permitted units are in buildings of five or more homes.

At 6.8 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US ZIP areas.

Units permitted
4,666
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
6.8
Top 18% nationally
Year over year
+1%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
5.1%
units in 5+ unit buildings

The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Oklahoma City, OK, the city containing this ZIP code.

Weather & climate

5 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 93°F and January a low of 27°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 36.4 inches, including 6.7 inches of snow.

20°40°60°80°100°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station OKLAHOMA CITY WILL ROGERS AP, 5.2 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND5.3"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation36.4"1991-2020 Normals
Annual snowfall6.7"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low27°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high93°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months51991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing44°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today.

Physical risk

50 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are tornado, hail and ice storm.

Ice stormHigh
HailHigh
TornadoHigh
EarthquakeModerate
DroughtModerate
LightningModerate

Low or minimal exposure: cold wave, heat wave, strong wind, winter weather, inland flooding, wildfire, landslide, hurricane.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

Taxes

AreaProfile does not yet publish tax comparisons. No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, methodology transparency and update cadence, and the product rule is to omit a dimension rather than estimate it. The Area Score is calculated without a tax component and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Nothing on AreaProfile is individualized tax advice.

Access

5 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 5 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
OKC Will Rogers IntlOKC5 mi9,802 ft
Lawton-Fort Sill RgnlLAW72 mi8,599 ft
Enid Woodring RgnlWDG74 mi8,613 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026Monthly, roughly three weeks after the reference month
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)

Profile recalculated August 29, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

73170 vs Oklahoma City

How this ZIP area compares with Oklahoma City as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like.

73170
Oklahoma City
Median household income
$94,688
vs
$68,656
Per capita income
$47,738
vs
$38,370
Population density
1,974/sq mi
vs
1,149/sq mi
Median home value
$264,300
vs
$231,300
Median gross rent
$1,593
vs
$1,130
Homeownership rate
81.8%
vs
58.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher
37.9%
vs
34.7%
Poverty rate
6.5%
vs
15.1%
Median age
40.4
vs
35.1

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.