Texas County, Oklahoma Eviction Risk: Low

Texas County, Oklahoma eviction laws posts a county-average eviction-risk score of 3.8/10, placing it firmly in the low risk tier. Across the county's 10 tracked cities, scores range from 1.2 to 1.8, a tight band that reflects broadly consistent operating conditions throughout the Oklahoma Panhandle. With an average rent of $859 and a rent-burden rate of 28.8%, most renters here are not financially stretched to a breaking point, which translates to lower eviction pressure for landlords carrying residential inventory.

At rank 63 of 77 Oklahoma counties on the risk index, Texas County sits in the lower-risk third of the state. That means 62 counties are riskier and only 14 are more landlord-friendly, a positioning that should interest investors who want stable collections without the volatility common to higher-density urban markets. Renter share is 34.9% of occupied units, keeping demand for rentals real without the oversaturation that drives delinquency spikes.

The cities inside Texas County

Guymon is by far the county's largest city at 12,539 residents and carries the highest local risk score at 3.9/10. That score is still squarely Low, but landlords with portfolios in Guymon should be aware it sits at the top of the county's internal range. Hooker at 4/10 (population 1,786) and Tyrone at 3.2/10 (population 1,082) share the next tier, followed by Hardesty at 3.2/10 and Goodwell at 3.7/10.

The lowest-risk locations in the county are Optima at 3.1/10, and Texhoma and Adams each at 3.1/10. Even the riskiest city, Guymon, scores well below the state average for higher-risk counties, but the 0.6-point spread from top to bottom is wide enough to matter when sizing up specific acquisitions. Risk in Texas County is genuinely hyper-local: a single block or jurisdiction boundary can shift the risk profile by a meaningful margin, so investors should evaluate each city individually rather than treating the whole county as uniform.

State-level laws that apply here

Every landlord in Texas County operates under Oklahoma's Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, 41 O.S. § 101 et seq. For non-payment of rent, Oklahoma requires a 5-day notice to cure or quit. Lease violations trigger a 10-day notice, and no-cause terminations require 30 days. Understanding the Oklahoma eviction process matters here: once the notice period expires without compliance, an uncontested eviction typically resolves in 21 to 45 days, while contested cases can run 45 to 100 days. Filing fees range from $75 to $175, sheriff lockout fees from $40 to $125, and attorney fees from $500 to $2,500, depending on case complexity and the court involved.

Oklahoma does not require just cause to terminate a tenancy, and state law preempts any local rent-control ordinance, meaning no city in Texas County can impose rent caps independent of state law. There is no rent-cap formula in effect. Oklahoma eviction costs are manageable by national standards, but the contested-case ceiling of 100 days is the figure that should drive landlords to screen carefully and document lease violations promptly. Source of income is not a protected class under Oklahoma fair housing law, and retaliation protections are governed by 41 O.S. § 127.

With a poverty rate of 20.7% across Texas County, some tenant financial fragility exists, but the county's Low average score and the city-by-city breakdown above give landlords a concrete starting point for evaluating where risk is highest and lowest within this Panhandle market.