At June 2026, Zillow ZORI places the typical observed ZIP-level asking-rent index for 73170 at $1,535 per month. ZORI blends observed asking rents across rental types, so it is a current market index rather than a lease quote for a specified home. For wider context, Oklahoma City city rent is $1,298, Cleveland County county rent is $1,391, and Oklahoma City, OK metro rent is $1,393; each is a broader-geography comparison rather than a ZIP substitute. The ZIP reading is higher than all three contexts, but that spread alone does not establish a unit’s size, condition, included utilities, or availability.
The ZIP label is both a Zillow ZIP market identifier and a matched Census ZCTA reference; a ZCTA is a statistical area and is not identical to a USPS delivery ZIP. In the ACS 2024 five-year survey, median gross rent was $1,593 with a $88 margin of error. That ACS figure describes occupied renter homes and includes selected utilities, which makes it a different evidence universe from Zillow asking rent. The ZIP ZORI sits below that survey median. HUD’s two-bedroom FMR/SAFMR standard is $1,640, also above ZORI, but HUD is an administrative bedroom-specific standard rather than an asking-rent observation.
The bedroom view should therefore be read as a model, not as a set of measured rents. Scaling ZIP ZORI with the local HUD bedroom ladder produces modelled monthly estimates of $1,161 for a studio, $1,254 for one bedroom, $1,535 for two bedrooms, $2,069 for three bedrooms, and $2,293 for four bedrooms. These estimates preserve the local HUD size relationships while anchoring their level to the blended Zillow index. They do not document asking rents for particular bedroom types, buildings, lease terms, or utility packages, and they should never be treated as measured bedroom rents.
On an arithmetic annual-income screen, paying the current ZIP asking-rent index at 30% of income requires $61,400. The ZCTA-wide median household income is $94,688, with a $7,372 margin of error, and the annualized asking-rent index equals 19.5% of that all-household median income. That comparison is broad rather than a renter-income measure. Meanwhile, 1,346 of 2,935 surveyed renter households, or 45.9%, reported spending at least 30% of income on rent. The required-income screen is arithmetic, not advice or an applicant qualification rule, and the burden measure cannot prove affordability for a particular home or household.
The matched ZCTA’s housing profile provides a useful constraint on how broadly the rent index can be generalized. Its population is 41,458 and it contains 16,750 housing units. The vacancy rate is 3.6%, while renters occupy 18.2% of occupied homes. Housing stock is predominantly single-family: 14,753 units are single-family and 870 are in large multifamily structures. There are 277 vacant units classified for rent, but that classification is neither a current availability count nor proof of vacancy at any individual property. These survey measures describe the ZCTA’s stock and occupancy, not a live listing inventory.
Backward-looking Zillow history shows stable growth, although the recent pace is slower than the longer path. The exact same-month one-year change is 2.36%, compared with 3.15% annualized over three years and 3.90% annualized over five years. Thus, direction still confirms the longer rising path, while the latest interval breaks from its faster historical pace. Monthly-return variability annualizes to 2.39%, supporting some confidence that a single current ZORI reading has not been shaped by extreme month-to-month movement. A separate historical peak-to-trough drawdown of 4.15% still shows that declines occurred. Coverage reaches 98.4%; transparent national discovery ranks among history-eligible ZIPs are 1,122 for momentum, 513 for stability, and 512 for balanced performance, where lower ranks are higher. These are measurements, not forecasts or investment recommendations.
Redfin supplies direct rolling-three-month ZIP resale evidence, not rental transactions. Its median sold price is $299,932, up 2.91% year over year, across 168 homes sold. Marketing time was 20 days, inventory was 171 homes, and months of supply stood at 3.1. Sale-to-list signals were an average 99.12% sale-to-list ratio and a 20.88% share sold above list. This resale picture shows observable transaction flow, but it does not convert sales into rental comparables. One tension is that sold prices rose slightly faster than the latest asking-rent history, challenging any simple reading of rent growth as the sole market signal. Annualized ZIP ZORI divided by median sold price is 6.14%, but it is only a cross-source screening ratio, not a cap rate, net return, expected return, or property yield.
The evidence has clear limits at the property level. Zillow does not identify a specific unit, ACS is a multi-year survey of the ZCTA rather than a current lease file, HUD is a standard, and Redfin tracks resales rather than rentals. Concrete checks should establish the actual bedroom count, advertised rent, lease term, concessions, utilities included, current occupancy, physical condition, and whether a unit’s property type resembles the blend behind ZORI. For a resale-linked review, verify the individual sale’s condition, list-price history, timing, and comparability rather than assigning ZIP-level rent or sales signals to it. The central question is whether the specific unit’s documented terms match the distinct evidence universes summarized here.