Guthrie, Oklahoma
2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Growing. Up 12.7% since 2020.
12,257
people, the 38th-largest of Oklahoma's cities and towns.
Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Oklahoma's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
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The workday
8 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.
80.0%
of 5,404 jobs located in Guthrie are filled by in-commuters.
Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
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Rent
Median rent is up 42% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.
$870
a month. Oklahoma's median is $1,014.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.
A $1,455 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Logan County.
- $1,083 Tract 6009.03
- $2,538 Tract 6004.02
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Room to build
The median rent sits inside what local wages can carry.
$843–$1,264
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $870 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
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Building
Most of the housing here is older than 2000.
- 404 homes permitted in ten years, 2016–2025
- 2% of those were in multifamily buildings
- 85% of all homes were built before 2000
Census Building Permits Survey, 2016–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
Closing the gap would add 0.4–1.2% to the 4,552 homes here.
18–54
is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.
Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
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Home value
A median home costs 7% less than Oklahoma's.
$186,600
median home value in Guthrie.
- $186,600 Guthrie
- $199,800 Oklahoma
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year