Oklahoma City will celebrate a safer, more walkable Broadway Avenue as the Automobile Alley Streetscape project reaches completion. The city will hold a ribbon cutting at 11 a.m. Nov. 25 on the southeast corner of Broadway Avenue and NW 9th Street. Mayor David Holt will lead the ceremony.
An in-depth assessment of Oklahoma City’s needs around mental health and substance use found serious challenges in the community’s behavioral health system, including a lack of intensive services for people with serious mental illness, inadequate supports for children and youth, and an overreliance on inappropriate settings of care like emergency rooms for mental health crises.
Oklahoma continues to offer some of the most affordable housing in the country, according to the Census Bureau’s 2024 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates. The state ranked ninth lowest in median rent nationwide at $1,044, well below the U.S. median of $1,487.
A striking new addition to Oklahoma City’s skyline is taking shape in the Flatiron District. On Sept. 23, project leaders, developers and designers broke ground on the Berry Rock Building, a four-story landmark at 616 N. Walnut Ave. expected to serve as a bridge between downtown and the growing Innovation District.
According to Bankrate, Oklahoma has the 5th lowest median down payment among all states, with a median of $27,600.
A new mural titled “Howdy” now greets visitors inside the Oklahoma City Convention Center. Created by local artist Nick Bayer, the 17-by-20-foot piece joins the City’s growing public art collection.
A recent Nasdaq article looked at how far $1 million in retirement savings, combined with Social Security benefits, can go in every state. In that analysis, Oklahoma ranked fifth in terms of how long those funds would last—with an estimated 71.18 years of financial runway.
Oklahoma City ranks sixth in the nation for the share of adults under 30 who have a mortgage, according to a Visual Capitalist report based on LendingTree’s 2024 credit analysis. The data shows 5.7% of adults under 30 in OKC hold a mortgage, placing the city ahead of larger metros such as San Antonio, Hartford and Virginia Beach.
