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Cost of living in Bartlesville, Oklahoma

Bartlesville, Oklahoma has about 37,878 people. Typical rent is $916 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $58,869 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

Ranked #29 in Oklahoma on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.

Simple answer

Typical rent is $916 a month.

Bartlesville is a city in Oklahoma. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $58,869 a year.

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People
37,878
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$916
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$58,869
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$167,200
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$930
Washington County, OK

Bartlesville, Oklahoma has about 37,878 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $167,200.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Washington County is $930 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Bartlesville. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

Oklahoma's prices sit at 87.8 when the U.S. average is 100. This place is not in a metro area with its own index, so this is the state number from BEA for 2024.

Oklahoma taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 9.1% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Bartlesville's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical Oklahoma home paid 14.35¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Bartlesville's bill.

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Oklahoma in the table we use.

Among 220 places we list in Oklahoma with a rent figure, 68 have higher typical rent than Bartlesville.

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USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.

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Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.