Rents are right about where Stillwater's 10-year trend predicts.
Rent by unit size
These are HUD Fair Market Rents, the payment standard for a Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8). They often differ from the $1,358 market median above, and that is expected: FMR is the 40th percentile of standard-quality units and counts gross rent, so it includes essential utilities such as electricity, water, gas, sewer, and trash. The market median is asking rent, which usually excludes utilities. HUD sets FMR once a year; market rent here updates monthly.
Source: HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents. Read the methodology →
12-month history
Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
May. Asking rents in Stillwater usually run 0.7% below trend in May and 0.6% above it in August, about $18 a month apart at today's median. Based on 6 years of data.
Rent in Stillwater is 0.3% below its high of $1,362 in August 2026, at $1,358 as of September 2026.
Rent in Stillwater changed +5.9% over the year to September 2026. Across the 31 Oklahoma cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +2.8%.
Rent rose in 11 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($43,700) is $1,093 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($1,060); a 3-bedroom is $1,485.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Stillwater. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
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Who lives here
Stillwater, OK is majority renter-occupied, skews toward younger working-age adults, has a median income below the national average, 49.9% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Stillwater, OK has changed in 5 years
Rent in Stillwater, OK has climbed 44.6% since 2021, going from about $939 per month to roughly $1,358 today. Median household income grew from $37,991 to $43,700 between 2021 and 2024, a 15.0% shift. Rent outpaced income growth by roughly 29.6 percentage points, which means renters are spending a larger slice of each paycheck on housing than they did in 2021. Headcount in the area went from 48,055 to 49,269 between 2021 and 2024, a 2.5% change. About 62.9% of households rent today, against 60.2% in 2021. Taken together, the five-year picture in Stillwater, OK reflects how housing costs and the people paying them have evolved through a stretch that included a pandemic, a hot rental market, and a recent cooling phase.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Stillwater is $1,358/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $805/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,060/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $865/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $1,485/mo.
At 37% of local median household income ($43,700/yr), Stillwater ranks as moderate compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 5.9% over the past year.
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