($1,508) Movers From Oklahoma City, OK to Oakland, CA

What to know before moving from Oklahoma City to Oakland

Moving from Oklahoma City to Oakland comes with exciting new opportunities — but also higher living costs. Since Oakland is generally more expensive than Oklahoma City, it’s important to plan ahead and budget carefully for the change.

Check out how the two cities compare so you know what to expect before you relocate:

• Rent prices in Oakland are 76% higher than in Oklahoma City, which means you’ll have less money in your pocket each month.
• In terms of homeownership, you’ll be able to get more for your money in Oklahoma City.
  Home prices in Oakland are 275.7% higher than in Oklahoma City.
• Income in Oakland is 46.9% higher than in Oklahoma City, so you could earn more for doing the same job. The top employers in Oakland include Kaiser Permanente, Dreyer's, and The Clorox Company.
• Be sure to budget for higher bills in Oakland, since the cost of living for a single person in Oakland is 46.3% higher than in Oklahoma City. This includes routine expenses like utilities, groceries, clothing, and transportation.
• If you’re moving your family to Oakland, keep in mind that your living expenses could increase. The cost of living for a family in Oakland is 31.7% higher than in Oklahoma City.
• The unemployment rate in Oakland is 2.27% higher than in Oklahoma City.
• You’ll spend more on retail and restaurants in Oakland, since the city’s sales taxes in Oakland are 18.77% higher than in Oklahoma City.
• State income taxes in Oakland are 180.00% higher than in Oklahoma City.

To put this in perspective, you would need around $4,389.77 in Oakland to maintain the same standard of life that you can have with $3,000.00 in Oklahoma City.

How life is different in Oklahoma City vs. Oakland

• Oakland might offer you a slower pace of life, since the population is about 35% less than Oklahoma City.
• Oakland offers better access to buses and trains than Oklahoma City, based on public transportation ratings. Oakland has a transit score of 8 out of 10 compared to 3 in Oklahoma City. The higher the score, the more public transportation pickup and dropoff locations a city provides.
• You’ll find Oakland to be about as walkable as Oklahoma City. The two cities have similar walkability scores of 75 and 73 respectively out of 100 in terms of how close housing is to businesses, recreational facilities, and jobs.
• You probably won’t see as many cycling lanes or off-road trails in Oakland, which is ranked as less bike-friendly than Oklahoma City. While Oklahoma City has a bike-friendliness score of 74 out of 100, Oakland earned a 65. Scores are based on factors like whether a city accommodates cyclists on major roadways, how often people bike to work, and how many steep hills it has.
• The crime rate in Oakland is higher than in Oklahoma City, so you may want to exercise a little extra caution as you're acclimating to your new location. While the crime index is 68.62 in Oakland, it is 49.37 in Oklahoma City. With this index, the lower the score, the better, since it indicates a city’s crime levels.
• You may want to exercise more caution as you’re getting used to your new surroundings in Oakland. With a crime index of 31.38, Oakland ranks lower in overall safety than Oklahoma City, whose index is Oklahoma City's 50.63. The safety index measures how safe people in a city feel about walking alone, both during the day and at night, as well as data on muggings, theft, vandalism, and other instances of petty crime.
• The air quality in Oakland and Oklahoma City is generally the same (Good). Cities with good to moderate ratings have clean or acceptable air quality, with the possibility of small pollutants affecting people with certain health conditions like asthma. Anything beyond the moderate rate means increased impact on residents.