($1,465) Movers From Mesa, AZ to Tulsa, OK

What to know before moving from Mesa to Tulsa

Moving from Mesa to Tulsa comes with exciting new opportunities — but also higher living costs. Since Tulsa is generally more expensive than Mesa, it’s important to plan ahead and budget carefully for the change.

Check out how the two cities compare so you know what to expect before you relocate:

• Rent prices in Tulsa are 33% lower than in Mesa, which means you’ll have more money in your pocket each month.
• In terms of homeownership, you’ll be able to get more for your money in Tulsa.
  Home prices in Tulsa are 53.8% lower than in Mesa.
• Income in Tulsa is 18.7% lower than in Mesa, so you could earn less for doing the same job. The top employers in Tulsa include Imperial, Hilti, and QuikTrip.
• Be sure to budget for higher bills in Tulsa, since the cost of living for a single person in Tulsa is 11.8% higher than in Mesa. This includes routine expenses like utilities, groceries, clothing, and transportation.
• The cost of living for a family in Tulsa is 48.8% lower than in Mesa.
• The unemployment rate in Tulsa is 22.95% lower than in Mesa.
• You’ll spend more on retail and restaurants in Tulsa, since the city’s sales taxes in Tulsa are 2.65% higher than in Mesa.
• State income taxes in Tulsa are 90.00% higher than in Mesa.

To put this in perspective, you would need around $3,352.65 in Tulsa to maintain the same standard of life that you can have with $3,000.00 in Mesa.

How life is different in Mesa vs. Tulsa

• Tulsa might offer you a slower pace of life, since the population is about 18% less than Mesa.
• Your access to buses, shuttles, trams, or trains in Tulsa will be about the same as it currently is in Mesa. The cities share a similar public transportation score, which means their transit systems are comparable in terms of how connected they are, how often they provide service, and how close they are to jobs, housing, retail and food stores, and other important locations.
• You’ll find Tulsa to be about as walkable as Mesa. The two cities have similar walkability scores of 39 and 38 respectively out of 100 in terms of how close housing is to businesses, recreational facilities, and jobs.
• You probably won’t see as many cycling lanes or off-road trails in Tulsa, which is ranked as less bike-friendly than Mesa. While Mesa has a bike-friendliness score of 60 out of 100, Tulsa earned a 47. Scores are based on factors like whether a city accommodates cyclists on major roadways, how often people bike to work, and how many steep hills it has.
• The crime rate in Tulsa is higher than in Mesa, so you may want to exercise a little extra caution as you're acclimating to your new location. While the crime index is 51.94 in Tulsa, it is 44.67 in Mesa. With this index, the lower the score, the better, since it indicates a city’s crime levels.
• You may want to exercise more caution as you’re getting used to your new surroundings in Tulsa. With a crime index of 48.06, Tulsa ranks lower in overall safety than Mesa, whose index is Mesa's 55.33. The safety index measures how safe people in a city feel about walking alone, both during the day and at night, as well as data on muggings, theft, vandalism, and other instances of petty crime.
• The air quality in Tulsa and Mesa is generally the same (Good). Cities with good to moderate ratings have clean or acceptable air quality, with the possibility of small pollutants affecting people with certain health conditions like asthma. Anything beyond the moderate rate means increased impact on residents.