Tulsa has a unique charm. It’s big enough to offer excellent restaurants, high-end stores, an array of nightlife activities, and quaint, one-of-a kind locations, but it’s also small enough to make everyday life convenient for its citizens.Visit our Living Here section to learn more about what Tulsa has to offer.
Following are a few of Tulsa's national rankings and a short list of some of its greatest treasures.
Tulsa Rankings
From 2010 through 2012
No. 1 state for entrepreneurship (Kauffman Foundation 2010)
No. 1 affordable city in the U.S. (Relocate America 2010)
No. 1 metro for cost of living (Business Facilities 2010)
No. 1 fastest-growing state by GDP (The Huffington Post 2010)
No. 2 city for second quarter 2011 employment outlook (Manpower 2011)
No. 2 housing market (MSNBC 2010)
No. 2 in the country for the location of secure data centers (The Boyd Co. 2012)
No. 2 among top 10 cities for young people to find a job (The Fiscal Times 2012)
No. 3 city for starter homes (CNBC 2010)
No. 3 state for corporate tax environment (Area Development 2010)
No. 4 city for Ten Best Places to Find a Job (The Fiscal Times 2011)
No. 4 city for jobs in winter 2011 (Forbes 2010)
No. 4 metro for quality of life (Business Facilities 2010)
No. 4 state for employment (Business Facilities 2010)
No. 4 state for workforce development (Area Development 2010)
Top 5 real estate market for value gain (Zillow.com 2011)
No. 5 place to buy a home (Zillow.com 2011)
No. 5 strongest economy for families (Parenting Magazine, Best Cities 2010)
No. 5 city for out-of-state house hunters (Trulia.com 2012)
No. 5 best employment outlook in the nation, first quarter 2012 (Manpower 2012)
No. 6 state for wind power capicity (U.S. Dept. of Energey 2011)
No. 6 region for small business (The Business Journals 2011)
No. 6 place to live in the U.S. (Relocate America 2010)
No. 8 U.S. city for young adults (Portfolio.com 2010)
No. 9 metro for GDP growth in 2009 (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis 2010)
No. 9 venue in the U.S. and No. 27 worldwide, BOK Center (Pollstar Magazine 2011)
Top 10 state for job growth and business creation (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 2011)
Top 10 city in which to retire (AARP 2011)
No. 10 city having an awesome recovery (Business Insider 2010)
No. 10 state for doing business (Area Development 2010)
Top 10 pro-business communities in the South, without a beach (Southern Business & Development 2011)
No. 11 for best state for business (Chief Executive Magazine 2011)
No. 15 affordable city (Forbes 2011)
No. 25 best city for business (Market Watch 2010)
No. 41 city out of top 150 for export growth (U.S. Conference of Mayors 2012)
Broken Arrow No. 81 small city for families (Money Magazine 2011)
Top 10 city for best music scene (Livability.com 2012)
Top 20 strongest performing metro economies (Brookings Institution 2010)
Top 100 Metro among the leading world economies (Brookings Institution 2012)
2nd shortest commute time in the nation
Cost of living 8.6 percent below the national average
Per capita county income 16 percent above the national average
15th in the nation for the highest rate of high school graduation
5th-lowest cost for doing business in the nation
2 to 3 times lower property taxes than the national average
Tulsa is Home to
America’s Favorite Zoo (2005)
The nation’s largest young professionals organization
The country’s best chamber of commerce (2010)
A WNBA team, the Tulsa Shock
America’s largest community foundation
The No. 9 arena in the U.S., the BOK Center