Tulsa job market, and areas to stay out of

[Christopher Toth]

Hello, I’m an investor who has property in Memphis, Dayton, and Detroit. I’m looking into the Tulsa and broken arrow markets. Anyone have good job and employment information? What areas should I stay away from in terms of crime or sub markets that are hard to rent? I’ll be looking at b and c class property. Any info is gratefully accepted. Thanks!

[James Niemeyer]

Originally posted by @Christopher Toth:

Hello, I’m an investor who has property in Memphis, Dayton, and Detroit. I’m looking into the Tulsa and broken arrow markets. Anyone have good job and employment information? What areas should I stay away from in terms of crime or sub markets that are hard to rent? I’ll be looking at b and c class property. Any info is gratefully accepted. Thanks!

For me, I'd stay out of the Northside of Tulsa (generally North of Pine street)  Lot's of gang activity, shootings, drive-bys, etc. Here's a crime map for you:

https://www.tulsapolice.org/content/tutorial-crime...

Out South-west near 61st & Peoria is a "bad part" of town too, because of the concentration of public subsidized apartments. When you go over the river to the west into Sand Springs and Prattville there's working class neighborhoods that might be interesting. We've got this big Fancy Schmancy shopping center called Tulsa Hills that is just blowing up over in West Tulsa. Maybe around there might be nice? 

I'm not sure where to get hard numbers on jobs and employment. My impression over the years is we have some swings, but generally we're in better shape than the national average.

Broken Arrow is a nice bedroom community for Tulsa. I don't really know if there is a "bad" part of town in Broken Arrow. But I just don't know much about BA.

If you have a property you want an anonymous, free, random opinion from a guy in Tulsa send me the address and I'll accommodate you.  

HTH!