A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Ames$1,010/mo

Typical home $177K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.58% · Housing →

Goltry$640/mo

Typical home $116K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.38% · or rent about $830/mo · Housing →

The difference: $370 a month, about $4,400 a year, between Ames and Goltry.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

AmesGoltry

Snow a year10″13″

January low27°F 23°F

July high96°F 95°F

Growing season (days)208d 205d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)90th 82nd

Outdoors & history

AmesGoltry

Settled1893 —

National Register places—1

Archive photos1 1

Famous people born here—2

Community

AmesGoltry

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

20 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

AmesGoltry

Ames ↔ Goltry20 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Oklahoma average

AmesGoltry

People

Population 220Lowest 271Highest

Median age 46.3±17Highest 25% above OK 45.7±6.8Lowest 24% above OK

Ames and Goltry are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 17.7%±10Lowest OK: 24% 22.5%±4.7Highest OK: 24%

Goltry and Ames are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 30.5%±13.4Lowest OK: 16.3% 31%±13.2Highest OK: 16.3%

Goltry and Ames are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 15.8%Highest OK: 28.3% 15.1%Lowest OK: 28.3%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.3%±5Highest OK: 5.8% 0.7%±3.8Lowest OK: 5.8%

Ames and Goltry are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $49,231±$10kLowest 24% below OK $96,667±$20kHighest 49% above OK

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $95,900±$19kLowest 52% below OK $99,500±$10kHighest 50% below OK

Goltry and Ames are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly — $830±$125 18% below OK

Property taxmedian, yearly $554Highest 65% below OK $378Lowest 76% below OK

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100Lowest OK: 46.3% 23.1%±100Highest OK: 46.3%

Goltry and Ames are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 16.4%Highest OK: 15.3% 5.9%Lowest OK: 15.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 90.2%Highest OK: 65.8% 89.7%Lowest OK: 65.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1973Highest 7 yrs older than OK 1958Lowest 22 yrs older than OK

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minHighest 16% above OK 19 minLowest 14% below OK

Work from home 0%±7.5Lowest OK: 9.4% 1.5%±1.4Highest OK: 9.4%

Goltry and Ames are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 0% 0%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 51.3 miHighest 40.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.22Lowest 0.55Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Enid (15%)Enid (16%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in GoltryFew work in Ames

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 96.9Lowest 130Highest

Oklahoma average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Ames vs Goltry

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $370 more a month in Ames

What daily life feels like in each

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