($1,579) Movers From Oklahoma City, OK to Newark, NJ

What to know before moving from Oklahoma City to Newark

Moving from Oklahoma City to Newark comes with exciting new opportunities — but also higher living costs. Since Newark 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 Newark are 84% 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 Newark are 142.8% higher than in Oklahoma City.
• Income in Newark is 35.7% lower than in Oklahoma City, so you could earn less for doing the same job. The top employers in Newark include Panasonic Corporation of North America, Prudential Financial, and Prudential Capital & Investment Services.
• Be sure to budget for higher bills in Newark, since the cost of living for a single person in Newark is 19.8% higher than in Oklahoma City. This includes routine expenses like utilities, groceries, clothing, and transportation.
• The cost of living for a family in Newark is 13.8% lower than in Oklahoma City.
• The unemployment rate in Newark is 195.45% higher than in Oklahoma City.
• You’ll spend less on retail and restaurants in Newark, since the city’s sales taxes in Newark are 23.17% lower than in Oklahoma City.
• State income taxes in Newark are 125.26% higher than in Oklahoma City.

To put this in perspective, you would need around $3,593.02 in Newark 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. Newark

• Newark might offer you a slower pace of life, since the population is about 55% less than Oklahoma City.
• Newark offers better access to buses and trains than Oklahoma City, based on public transportation ratings. Newark has a transit score of 9 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 Newark to be about as walkable as Oklahoma City. The two cities have similar walkability scores of 76 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 Newark, which is ranked as less bike-friendly than Oklahoma City. While Oklahoma City has a bike-friendliness score of 74 out of 100, Newark earned a 51. 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 Newark 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 75.24 in Newark, 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 Newark. With a crime index of 24.76, Newark 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 Newark 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.