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%

Bearden$960/mo

Typical home $168K (Census) · tax rate 0.58% · Housing →

Phillips$550/mo

Typical home $97K (Census) · tax rate 0.52% · Housing →

The difference: $410 a month, about $4,900 a year, between Bearden and Phillips.

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.

Report cards

Grades and rankings, side by side

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Oklahoma ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Schools

C−BeardenBetter than 16% of districts in the state –PhillipsNot graded

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

BeardenPhillips

Snow a year5″3″

January low30°F 28°F

July high93°F 92°F

Growing season (days)229d 219d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)83rd 97th

Outdoors & history

BeardenPhillips

Trails10 mi —

Conserved land0%—

Archive photos—1

Famous people born here1 —

Community

BeardenPhillips

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

60 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BeardenOK PhillipsOK

Bearden ↔ Phillips60 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

BeardenPhillips

People

Population 136Highest 131Lowest

Median age 36.8±11.2Highest about the OK average 34.9±9.5Lowest 6% below OK

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

Kids under 18 30.9%±15.5Highest OK: 24% 28.2%±12.8Lowest OK: 24%

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

Age 65+ 21.3%±15.7Highest OK: 16.3% 10.7%±18.2Lowest OK: 16.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 15.7%Lowest OK: 28.3% 23.8%Highest OK: 28.3%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±10.4Lowest OK: 5.8% 7.6%±6Highest OK: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $106,250±$60kHighest 63% above OK $76,250±$14kLowest 17% above OK

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $167,500±$80kHighest 16% below OK $96,900±$18kLowest 52% below OK

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $971Highest 39% below OK $500Lowest 69% below OK

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent — 50%±100 OK: 46.3%

Below poverty line 5.1%Lowest OK: 15.3% 13.4%Highest OK: 15.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 87.8%Lowest OK: 65.8% 90.7%Highest OK: 65.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1988Highest 8 yrs newer than OK 1974Lowest 6 yrs older than OK

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 33 minHighest 45% above OK 15 minLowest 33% below OK

Work from home 11.3%±13.4Highest OK: 9.4% 1.7%±3.3Lowest OK: 9.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 0%Lowest 5%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 46.8 miHighest 19.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.14Lowest 0.95Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Tulsa (12%)Coalgate (30%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in PhillipsFew work in Bearden

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 9.9 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.3 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 4.2Lowest 41.9Highest

Schools

School district BEARDEN—

High school in town None in town—

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

Deciding?

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The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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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.

Bearden vs Phillips

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $410 more a month in Bearden

Grades and rankings, side by side

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