Low Income Apartments and Affordable Housing For Rent in Skiatook, OK

Discover affordable housing in Skiatook where there are 6+ housing opportunities based on income and household needs like accessible units for seniors or persons with disabilities. Find and apply to these low income apartments now.

Tomco Apartments

1504 W 4th St, Skiatook, Oklahoma 74070

Skiatook Retirement Community

1504 W 5th St, Skiatook, Oklahoma 74070

Oak Timbers Skiatook

1202 W Oak St, Skiatook, Oklahoma 74070

West Oak Village

1002 S Fairfax Ave, Skiatook, Oklahoma 74070

Skiatook Village Apartments

1504 W. 4th Street, Skiatook, Oklahoma 74070

Jenny Lynn Apartments

1512 W 4th St, Skiatook, Oklahoma 74070

The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In Skiatook, Oklahoma
$21.36/hour
$14.11 (+195%) more than Oklahoma minimum wage and $14.11 (+195%) more than the Federal minimum wage.
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What HUD offices serve Skiatook, Oklahoma?

Public Housing Agencies operate federally assisted affordable housing programs at local levels on behalf of HUD. Notably, housing agencies are responsible for managing Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher, Public Housing, and Project-Based Voucher waiting lists within their jurisdiction.

Operates the Public Housing programs for Skiatook, Oklahoma.
Operates the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) programs for Skiatook, Oklahoma.

Go to the Oklahoma Public Housing and Low-Income Apartments Waiting Lists page for openings near Skiatook.

How many renters live in Skiatook, Oklahoma?

The City of Skiatook has 8,463 people living in 3,108 households.

There are 2,727 renters living in 1,081 renter households in this City. Renters make up 32.22 percent of the population living in Skiatook.

What is the rental market like in Skiatook, Oklahoma?

There are an estimated 3,424 housing units in the Skiatook area. Of these, 1,168 units are rental homes, making up 34 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Skiatook, Oklahoma, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Skiatook?

The rental vacancy rate in Skiatook is 7 percent. This is a higher than average vacancy rate. When rental vacancy rates are high it means that there are a lot of available units and rents tend to be lower.

How many rental units are in Skiatook for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Skiatook
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
0 209 337 423 104
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Skiatook

A large number of apartments in Skiatook have two or fewer bedrooms. Seniors and young professionals especially may have more success finding an apartment that meets their needs.

How many renter households in Skiatook are overburdened by housing costs?

Among renter households in this market, 38 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 9 percent of households are extremely rent overburdened. When renters pay too much for their housing, it leaves little money for other necessities like food, clothes, or medicine.

The federal government says that renters are cost-burdened if they pay more than a third of their monthly income for rent and utilities.

How Much Is Rent in Skiatook

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $834 to $1,733. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $834
One BR $900
Two BR $1,128
Three BR $1,489
Four BR $1,733
2024 Fair Market Rents in Skiatook, Oklahoma

How many units are rented at Fair Market Rent (FMR) in Skiatook?

Renters with a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher must select a home that is at or below the area’s Fair Market Rent. Markets with a large share of units above FMR tend to have longer search times to find a qualified unit, while those with a large share of units below FMR tend to have more choices and shorter search times. The share below FMR can vary by size of unit, as shown in the table below.

These are the approximate number of units renting below the FMR in this market:

Unit Size Count of Units Below FMR Percentage of Total Units Below FMR
One BR 178 85 percent
Two BR 306 91 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Skiatook, Oklahoma

How many affordable rental units are in Skiatook?

There are a variety of federal affordable housing programs serving households in Skiatook, Oklahoma including the following:

Federal Program Unit Count
Low Income Housing Tax Credit 195
USDA Section 515 Rural Rental Housing 48
Tracked Units by Federal Program in Skiatook, Oklahoma

Rental units may be funded in part by multiple federal programs.

Income Based Apartments in Skiatook, Oklahoma

Skiatook features 96 income based apartments. Tenants of income based apartments typically pay no more than 30% of their income towards rent and utilities.

Low Rent Apartments in Skiatook, Oklahoma

There are 196 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in Skiatook.

Housing Choice Vouchers in Skiatook, Oklahoma

On average, Section 8 Housing Choice vouchers pay Skiatook landlords $500 per month towards rent. The average voucher holder contributes $300 towards rent in Skiatook.

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Skiatook, Oklahoma for a two-bedroom apartment is between $1,015 and $1,241.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.