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%

Cushing$840/mo

Typical home $145K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.66% · or rent about $798/mo · Housing →

Sallisaw$1,080/mo

Typical home $188K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.60% · or rent about $826/mo · Housing →

The difference: $240 a month, about $2,900 a year, between Sallisaw and Cushing.

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

Cushing places higher on 16 of 22 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+CushingSafer than 35% of U.S. towns DSallisawSafer than 10% of U.S. towns

Schools

A−CushingBetter than 81% of districts in the state B−SallisawBetter than 46% of districts in the state

Health

DCushingHealthier than 11% of U.S. towns D−SallisawHealthier than 1% of U.S. towns

16Cushing

6Sallisaw

Lists won, of 22 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Highest graduation rateSchools · 119 towns #10#111 Lowest depressionHealth · 134 towns #16#106 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 134 towns #4#82 Lowest obesityHealth · 134 towns #64#129 Fastest growingGrowth · 134 towns #38#100 Most walkableOutdoors · 134 towns #35#94 SafestSafety · 127 towns #63#112 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 54 towns #4#24

Left end = #1 in Oklahoma. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Cushing’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

CushingSallisaw

Snow a year4″2″

January low26°F 28°F

July high93°F 91°F

Growing season (days)217d 223d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)53rd 68th

Outdoors & history

CushingSallisaw

Trails1 mi 1 mi

Conserved land15.9%16.5%

Settled1891 1888

National Register places7 4

Archive photos12 12

Famous people born here7 —

Community

CushingSallisaw

Library hours a week52 hrs 54 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

115 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

CushingOK SallisawOK

Cushing ↔ Sallisaw115 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

CushingSallisaw

People

Population 8,367Lowest 8,605Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +6.4%Highest OK: +5.5% -4.2%Lowest OK: +5.5%

Median age 35.7±3.4Lowest 4% below OK 35.8±1.9Highest 3% below OK

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

Kids under 18 24.5%±3.2Lowest OK: 24% 28.4%±2.7Highest OK: 24%

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

Age 65+ 16.1%±2.6Lowest OK: 16.3% 17.5%±2.6Highest OK: 16.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 15.9%Highest OK: 28.3% 14.4%Lowest OK: 28.3%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.1%±1.7Highest OK: 5.8% 2.3%±0.9Lowest OK: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $44,136±$5kLowest 32% below OK $48,036±$6kHighest 26% below OK

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $114,500±$20kLowest 43% below OK $134,100±$20kHighest 33% below OK

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $798±$71Lowest 21% below OK $826±$66Highest 19% below OK

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $752Lowest 53% below OK $807Highest 50% below OK

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 38.1%±7.2Lowest OK: 46.3% 44.8%±7.1Highest OK: 46.3%

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

Below poverty line 22%Lowest OK: 15.3% 29.5%Highest OK: 15.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 55.2%Highest OK: 65.8% 53.9%Lowest OK: 65.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1958Lowest 22 yrs older than OK 1979Highest 1 yr older than OK

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 19 min 15% below OK 19 min 15% below OK

Work from home 4.3%±2Lowest OK: 9.4% 5%±1.8Highest OK: 9.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 23.9%Lowest 33.4%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 21.3 miLowest 24.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.88Lowest 1.25Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Stillwater (12%)Fort Smith (9%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in SallisawFew work in Cushing

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 15.9%Lowest 16.5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.3 miHighest 0.9 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 4Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 65.6Highest 34.0Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #55 of 128 in OK #35 of 128 in OK

School district CUSHINGSALLISAW

High school in town Cushing HSSallisaw HS

Students per teacherat that high school 13.9Lowest 16.3Highest

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.

Cushing vs Sallisaw

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $240 more a month in Sallisaw

Cushing places higher on 16 of 22 OK lists

What daily life feels like in each

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