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%

Bessie$460/mo

Typical home $83K (Census) · tax rate 0.39% · or rent about $1,292/mo · Housing →

Tryon$970/mo

Typical home $175K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.37% · or rent about $675/mo · Housing →

The difference: $510 a month, about $6,100 a year, between Tryon and Bessie.

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

BessieTryon

Snow a year6″5″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)58th 73rd

Outdoors & history

BessieTryon

Famous people born here1 —

Community

BessieTryon

Library hours a week—23 hrs

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

118 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BessieOK TryonOK

Bessie ↔ Tryon118 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

BessieTryon

People

Population 262Lowest 372Highest

Median age 32.8±11.3Lowest 11% below OK 33±9.6Highest 11% below OK

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

Kids under 18 29%±5.6Highest OK: 24% 25%±5.1Lowest OK: 24%

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

Age 65+ 15.3%±13.3Lowest OK: 16.3% 22.6%±6.8Highest OK: 16.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 6.8%Highest OK: 28.3% 4.1%Lowest OK: 28.3%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.1%±4.8Highest OK: 5.8% 2.2%±3.4Lowest OK: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $47,500±$27kHighest 27% below OK $42,813±$11kLowest 34% below OK

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $82,500±$32kLowest 59% below OK $102,500±$29kHighest 49% below OK

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,292±$439Highest 27% above OK $675±$148Lowest 33% below OK

Property taxmedian, yearly $320Lowest 80% below OK $375Highest 77% below OK

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 30%±100Lowest OK: 46.3% 30.8%±100Highest OK: 46.3%

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

Below poverty line 18.3%Lowest OK: 15.3% 29.4%Highest OK: 15.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 87%Highest OK: 65.8% 85.1%Lowest OK: 65.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1950Lowest 30 yrs older than OK 1974Highest 6 yrs older than OK

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minLowest 14% above OK 32 minHighest 43% above OK

Work from home 1.9%±3.7Lowest OK: 9.4% 13.5%±12.3Highest OK: 9.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.2%Highest 0.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 24.8 miHighest 21.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.62Highest 0.19Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Elk City (24%)Oklahoma City (22%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in TryonFew work in Bessie

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.4 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.8 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 55.9Highest 19.7Lowest

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

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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.

Bessie vs Tryon

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $510 more a month in Tryon

What daily life feels like in each

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