Calera, Oklahoma.
Typical home $234,617 (+0.2% in a year). Durant, OK metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$697 (+130%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $549 +0%
- $234,069$234,617 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $43,053 +22%
- $191,564$234,617 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Calera$1,231
- Oklahoma$1,159
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 17 years.
Typical home values in Calera, OK rose 0.2% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Calera, Bryan County, Oklahoma
Calera is a town of 2,916 people in Bryan County. Half its households earn more than $64,449 a year and half less, against $57,225 across Bryan County; 16% of its people live below the poverty line. 48% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 52% are rented. Unemployment in Bryan County was 4.1% in August 2026, and the county had 0.5% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in restaurants and hotels, then schools and health care.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Calera is a small town in Bryan County, and its residents are younger than in much of the country. Household incomes run above the county's, though a fair number of residents still live below the poverty line. Most homes are rented rather than lived in by their owners, and a four-year degree is held by a minority of adults. Winters are mild and brief, with little snow, and summer afternoons turn hot.
Work. Many residents work in restaurants, hotels and entertainment, in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, or in manufacturing. Across Bryan County, some of the largest workplaces are Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Durant Schools and Walmart. Commutes are short, and only a small number of people work from home. Unemployment across the county has edged up from a year ago, while the number of jobs has grown slightly.
Things to do. Three Valley Museum is a short drive away and is the nearest outing on the list. Farther out, Lake Texoma is a large reservoir that suits a day on the water, and Fort Washita is a historic fort for those who like local history. Each of these is a longer drive from town.
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- 1,139households
- 21%of adults have a degree
- 16%below the poverty line
- 15 mintypical commute
- 7%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Bryan County had 21,978 jobs in 2025, 0.5% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 54° and lows near 30°; warmest in August, with highs near 95° and lows near 70°. About 2 inches of snow and 44 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Durant weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Bryan County
- Southeastern Oklahoma State UniversityUniversity or college591
- Durant SchoolsSchool district469FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters436
- WebstaurantStoreGeneral warehousing and storage359
- Cardinal FG0306
- Commercial Metals CompanyBars, concrete reinforcing made in steel mills221
- Silo SchoolsSchool district165FTE
- Roll Offs of AmericaBins, light gauge metal, manufacturing140
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 29 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,986 people in all across the county; Calera has one of its own. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- TornadoesVery high
- Ice stormsVery high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- HailRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Calera’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Bryan County and the Durant, OK metro.
Calera home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Calera$234,617
- Oklahoma$220,801
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Calera listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Calera22.33%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Calera51
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Calera8
Zip codes with a Calera address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Calera — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.