Overall
- Enid
- 84.3
Diff -0.5 RPP
Shreveport-Bossier City vs Enid
Cost of living comparison based on BEA Regional Price Parities. Enid is 0.6% less expensive than Shreveport-Bossier City.
0.6% less expensive
Enid, OK * is 0.6% less expensive than Shreveport-Bossier City, LA on BEA Regional Price Parities (overall RPP 84.3 vs 84.8). A $100,000 salary in Shreveport-Bossier City buys about the same as $99,414 in Enid; the largest component gap is services.
- Overall RPP 84.8 (Shreveport-Bossier City) vs 84.3 (Enid)
- $100k in Shreveport-Bossier City ≈ $99,414 purchasing power in Enid
- Services drives the gap (+1.8 RPP points)
RPP parity plate
Pair LA:OK 84.8→84.3
PHOTO-FINISH · CROSS-STATE · SPLIT-BUDGET · BOTH-BELOW · PP-PAR
- PHOTO-FINISH Photo finish
- CROSS-STATE LA × OK
- SPLIT-BUDGET Split budget
- BOTH-BELOW Both below 100
- PP-PAR PP near-par
Instrument codes from this pair's BEA Regional Price Parities (overall · goods · services · rents · national benchmark 100 · purchasing-power conversion), not a ranking or recommendation.
Shreveport-Bossier City
84.8
Cost Index
Enid
84.3
Cost Index
What This Comparison Actually Tells You
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA and Enid, OK * are a photo finish on overall price level, only 0.5 RPP points apart. A salary conversion is therefore a fine adjustment, not evidence of a fundamentally different cost regime.
Services creates the largest separation: Enid is 1.8 points higher. But services and goods move against the overall direction, so this is a split budget rather than a clean across-the-board winner.
Comparable population context is incomplete for this pair, so no market-scale explanation is inferred from the price indexes.
Both metros remain below the U.S. benchmark of 100. This comparison chooses between two below-average price levels; “more expensive” here does not mean nationally expensive.
For a service-heavy household, test childcare, health, and other locally supplied costs before relying on rent alone. The BEA ratio converts $100,000 in Shreveport-Bossier City to $99,414 in Enid, but it is not a personal spending weight.
Category Breakdown
Goods
- Enid
- 93.8
Diff +0.1 RPP
Services
- Enid
- 74.4
Diff +1.8 RPP
Rents
- Enid
- 51.4
Diff -0.9 RPP
| Category | Shreveport-Bossier City | Enid | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 84.8 | 84.3 | -0.5 |
| Goods | 93.7 | 93.8 | +0.1 |
| Services | 72.6 | 74.4 | +1.8 |
| Rents | 52.3 | 51.4 | -0.9 |
Visual Comparison
Overall
Shreveport-Bossier City 84.8
Enid 84.3
Goods
Shreveport-Bossier City 93.7
Enid 93.8
Services
Shreveport-Bossier City 72.6
Enid 74.4
Rents
Shreveport-Bossier City 52.3
Enid 51.4
Vertical line = national average (100)
How the Price Gap Changed
Shreveport-Bossier City and Enid share 17 published annual releases from 2008 through 2024. Their overall gap narrowed, moving from 90.9 to 0.5 RPP points. Shreveport-Bossier City remained the higher-index metro in the latest release.
Goods changed the most within this pair: its gap moved 97.1 points between the first and latest shared releases (97.0 to 0.1 points). This describes a relative price-index history, not a forecast or a household budget.
| Release Year | Shreveport-Bossier City RPP | Enid RPP | Relative Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 90.9 | 0.0 | 90.9 points Shreveport-Bossier City higher |
| 2012 | 93.4 | 0.0 | 93.4 points Shreveport-Bossier City higher |
| 2016 | 92.8 | 92.1 | 0.7 points Shreveport-Bossier City higher |
| 2020 | 88.9 | 86.8 | 2.1 points Shreveport-Bossier City higher |
| 2024 | 84.8 | 84.3 | 0.5 points Shreveport-Bossier City higher |
Annual BEA Regional Price Parity releases; a higher index means a higher price level relative to the national average of 100. Selected years shown from the full shared series.
Salary Equivalents
What a salary in Shreveport-Bossier City would need to be in Enid for the same purchasing power:
| In Shreveport-Bossier City | In Enid | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| $50,000 | $49,707 | $-293 |
| $75,000 | $74,560 | $-440 |
| $100,000 | $99,414 | $-586 |
| $150,000 | $149,121 | $-879 |
$ in Shreveport-Bossier City = in Enid
Same BEA Regional Price Parity ratio as the table above (84.8 → 84.3), computed live from your number, nothing is sent anywhere.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Enid more expensive than Shreveport-Bossier City?
Enid is 0.6% less expensive than Shreveport-Bossier City. The overall cost index is 84.3 vs 84.8 (national average = 100).
What salary in Enid equals $100K in Shreveport-Bossier City?
A $100,000 salary in Shreveport-Bossier City has the same purchasing power as $99,414 in Enid. This is based on the BEA Regional Price Parity indexes.
How do rents compare between Shreveport-Bossier City and Enid?
Rents in Shreveport-Bossier City are indexed at 52.3 while Enid is at 51.4 (national average = 100). Shreveport-Bossier City has higher rents.
Data sources
- BEA Regional Price Parities (RPP), the cost-of-living indices shown on this page
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), gross-rent observations behind the rents component
- BLS Consumer Price Index (CPI), goods and services price relatives
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), labor-driven services component
- HUD Fair Market Rents (FMR), 40th-percentile rent cross-reference
Every figure on PlainCost is rendered directly from BEA Regional Price Parity source data, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, our changelog, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-11. Rankings measure the published cost-of-living index only; we don't recommend where to live or rate any metro's quality of life.