Idabel, Oklahoma.
Typical home $134,222 (+1.6% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$343 (+95%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $2,177 +2%
- $132,045$134,222 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $6,261 +5%
- $127,962$134,222 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.
- Idabel$704
- Oklahoma$1,159
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 73 years.
Typical home values in Idabel, OK rose 1.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Idabel, McCurtain County, Oklahoma
Idabel is a city of 6,961 people in McCurtain County. Half its households earn more than $43,295 a year and half less, against $51,929 across McCurtain County; 25% of its people live below the poverty line. 55% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 45% are rented. Unemployment in McCurtain County was 4.6% in August 2026, and the county had 2.0% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Idabel is a small city and a county seat in the southeastern corner of Oklahoma, in McCurtain County. Its residents are younger than in much of the country, and incomes run below the county's, with a larger share of people living below the poverty line than many places. Slightly more homes are lived in by their owners than rented, and typical home values are modest. Winters are mild and rarely snowy, summers are hot, and rain and melted snow add up to a wet year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, restaurants and hotels, and shops also employing a good share. Among the largest workplaces in Idabel are Walmart, McCurtain Memorial Hospital and Idabel Schools. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than in most places, the typical commute is short, and most people travel to work rather than working from home. Unemployment in McCurtain County is slightly higher than a year ago, though the county has added jobs over the past year.
Things to do. Little River National Wildlife Refuge, a protected area, and Yanubbee Creek, a small river, are both a short drive away. For a longer outing, Beavers Bend Resort Park and Broken Bow Lake, a reservoir, are a longer drive away and suit a day spent by the water.
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- 2,437households
- 17%of adults have a degree
- 25%below the poverty line
- 20 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. McCurtain County had 12,445 jobs in 2025, 2.0% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 54° and lows near 29°; warmest in August, with highs near 94° and lows near 69°. About 2 inches of snow and 55 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Idabel weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Idabel
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters214
- Mccurtain Memorial HospitalCritical access hospital186FTE
- Idabel SchoolsSchool district185FTE
- Setco TireTires manufacturing124
- HeartwayNursing homes84
- LIFT Community Action Agency, Inc. (FKA Little Dixie Community Action Agency, Inc.)Head start programs, separate from schools21
- IdabelMail and parcel delivery20
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 6 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 683 people in all. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) 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
- Ice stormsVery high
- Strong windVery high
- Inland floodingVery high
- DroughtRelatively high
- HailRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Idabel’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. 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 McCurtain County.
Idabel home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Idabel$134,222
- Oklahoma$220,801
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 6 Idabel listings — the market is heating up.
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.
- Idabel16.28%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Idabel43
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Idabel7
Zip codes with a Idabel address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Idabel — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.