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%

Calera$1,360/mo

Typical home $235K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.66% · or rent about $1,089/mo · Housing →

Davis$960/mo

Typical home $171K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.46% · or rent about $838/mo · Housing →

The difference: $400 a month, about $4,800 a year, between Calera and Davis.

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

Calera places higher on 11 of 19 OK lists

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.

Safety

C+CaleraSafer than 44% of U.S. towns DDavisSafer than 11% of U.S. towns

Schools

B−CaleraBetter than 49% of districts in the state BDavisBetter than 59% of districts in the state

Health

C−CaleraHealthier than 24% of U.S. towns DDavisHealthier than 10% of U.S. towns

11Calera

7Davis

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most conserved landOutdoors · 131 towns #104#31 SafestSafety · 127 towns #45#111 Lowest obesityHealth · 134 towns #33#98 Lowest depressionHealth · 134 towns #106#43 Shortest commuteGetting around · 134 towns #10#70 Cheapest rentCost of living · 133 towns #110#53 Lowest property taxCost of living · 134 towns #64#12 Most remote workersWork · 131 towns #54#100

Left end = #1 in Oklahoma. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Calera’s rankings →

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

CaleraDavis

Snow a year2″2″

January low30°F 28°F

July high94°F 93°F

Growing season (days)221d 208d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)52nd 80th

Outdoors & history

CaleraDavis

Trails2 mi 1 mi

Conserved land1.9%12.7%

National Register places—1

Archive photos2 —

Famous people born here1 —

Community

CaleraDavis

Library hours a week—30 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 1

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

55 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

CaleraOK DavisOK

Calera ↔ Davis55 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

CaleraDavis

People

Population 3,007Highest 2,814Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +34.8%Highest OK: +5.5% +5.2%Lowest OK: +5.5%

Median age 31.3±3.3Lowest 15% below OK 34.7±4.7Highest 6% below OK

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

Kids under 18 28.1%±4.9Highest OK: 24% 25.7%±4.2Lowest OK: 24%

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

Age 65+ 10.3%±2.7Lowest OK: 16.3% 19.5%±4.5Highest OK: 16.3%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 20.6%Highest OK: 28.3% 13.4%Lowest OK: 28.3%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.2%±1.9Highest OK: 5.8% 2%±1.2Lowest OK: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $64,449±$16kHighest about the OK average $51,875±$8kLowest 20% below OK

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $157,600±$20kHighest 21% below OK $109,700±$9kLowest 45% below OK

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,089±$64Highest 7% above OK $838±$72Lowest 17% below OK

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,042Highest 35% below OK $507Lowest 68% below OK

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 31%±9Lowest OK: 46.3% 43.6%±12.8Highest OK: 46.3%

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

Below poverty line 15.7%Lowest OK: 15.3% 18.3%Highest OK: 15.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 47.5%Lowest OK: 65.8% 53.5%Highest OK: 65.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 2001Highest 21 yrs newer than OK 1976Lowest 4 yrs older than OK

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 15 minLowest 35% below OK 22 minHighest 3% below OK

Work from home 7.1%±3.3Highest OK: 9.4% 4%±2.3Lowest OK: 9.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.9%Lowest 14.5%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 5.8 miLowest 22.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.28Lowest 0.81Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Durant (43%)Ardmore (12%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in DavisFew work in Calera

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.9%Lowest 12.7%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.6 miHighest 0.6 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 2Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 33.2Highest 24.7Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #102 of 128 in OK #59 of 128 in OK

School district CALERADAVIS

High school in town Calera HSDavis HS

Students per teacherat that high school 12.1Lowest 18.2Highest

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.

Calera vs Davis

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $400 more a month in Calera

Calera places higher on 11 of 19 OK lists

What daily life feels like in each

55 miles apart

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