Tulsa County, OK

Within the selected direct-evidence ZIP/ZCTA matches assigned to Tulsa County, Zillow ZORI spans from $878 in ZIP 74136 to $1,601 in ZIP 74012. The displayed-set median is $1,302.50, yielding a $723 spread; the county Zillow figure is $1,352. The practical question is consequently not whether a single countywide rent is right, but whether a specific available unit's asking position, bedroom count, and lease terms make sense against the relevant ZIP's observed asking-rent context. This is a wide selected-set range, not a ranking of all county locations or properties. A lower or higher index alone does not tell a renter which unit fits their budget, because unit size and contract terms still require direct confirmation.

Zillow's ZORI is a typical observed asking-rent index and should remain separate from ACS and HUD. The ACS five-year county median gross rent is $1,110, a survey estimate of gross rents paid, while the county Zillow index is $1,352. In the displayed ZCTAs, ACS median gross rent ranges from $861 to $1,297; that survey range has different coverage and a different reference period than the shown ZORI range, so the two should not be blended or treated as a price trend. HUD's two-bedroom FMR is an administrative standard rather than an asking-rent measure: it is $1,217 countywide and ranges from $1,080 to $1,500 in the displayed ZIPs. The ZIP ZORI-to-HUD ratios run from 70.24% to 137.5%, useful only as a screening comparison to that bedroom-specific standard.

Pressure and availability indicators present a different decision lens. ACS estimates that 45.88% of county renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent; among the shown ZCTAs, the comparable burden share ranges from 39.34% to 48.89%. This is a measure of households with higher rent-to-income shares, not a statement about the rent of a vacant listing. ACS vacancy ranges from 3.71% to 17.54% across the displayed set, compared with 8.55% countywide. These variations can guide questions about current choice and household budget exposure, but neither establishes that vacancy causes rent changes or that a ZIP's burden rate applies to every renter. A prospective renter should separately test the advertised payment against income, including recurring non-rent charges.

Coverage and geography qualify every comparison. The selection contains 12 of 31 eligible direct-ZORI ZIP/ZCTA matches, ordered by renter-household count and covering 68,006 renter households; it is not an exhaustive county or local-area inventory. Census ZCTAs are statistical areas, not USPS delivery ZIPs. Moreover, ZIPs can cross county lines and were displayed under the county holding the largest HUD residential-address share; that share ranges from 72.2% to 100.0% among the shown records. Before acting on a ZIP comparison, verify the street address's jurisdiction and unit details: current advertised rent, bedroom count, lease length, deposits, utilities, required fees, concessions, availability date, and whether the listing terms match the comparison measure. These property-level checks are necessary because ZIP-level indices and survey estimates cannot price a particular unit.