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 →

Wagoner$1,120/mo

Typical home $189K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.84% · or rent about $868/mo · Housing →

The difference: $280 a month, about $3,400 a year, between Wagoner 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 15 of 25 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 C−WagonerSafer than 21% of U.S. towns

Schools

A−CushingBetter than 81% of districts in the state B−WagonerBetter than 48% of districts in the state

Health

DCushingHealthier than 11% of U.S. towns C−WagonerHealthier than 18% of U.S. towns

15Cushing

10Wagoner

Lists won, of 25 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Fastest growingGrowth · 134 towns #38#121 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 134 towns #4#77 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 134 towns #99#26 Shortest commuteGetting around · 134 towns #45#111 Highest incomeIncome · 134 towns #108#57 Best schoolsSchools · 128 towns #55#98 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 54 towns #4#22 Lowest property taxCost of living · 134 towns #38#77

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

CushingWagoner

Snow a year4″3″

January low26°F 26°F

July high93°F 93°F

Growing season (days)217d 208d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)53rd 60th

Outdoors & history

CushingWagoner

Trails1 mi 2 mi

Conserved land15.9%15.1%

Settled1891 —

National Register places7 11

Archive photos12 12

Famous people born here7 11

Community

CushingWagoner

Library hours a week52 hrs 48 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

77 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

CushingOK WagonerOK

Cushing ↔ Wagoner77 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

CushingWagoner

People

Population 8,367Highest 8,082Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +6.4%Highest OK: +5.5% -8.4%Lowest OK: +5.5%

Median age 35.7±3.4Lowest 4% below OK 36.5±2.4Highest about the OK average

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

Kids under 18 24.5%±3.2Highest OK: 24% 21.8%±3Lowest OK: 24%

Cushing and Wagoner 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% 17.2%±2.7Highest OK: 16.3%

Wagoner 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% 15%Lowest OK: 28.3%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.1%±1.7Lowest OK: 5.8% 5%±1.6Highest OK: 5.8%

Wagoner and Cushing 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 $57,917±$9kHighest 11% below OK

Wagoner 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 $148,900±$11kHighest 25% below OK

Rentmedian gross, monthly $798±$71Lowest 21% below OK $868±$42Highest 14% below OK

Wagoner 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 $1,249Highest 22% below OK

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 38.1%±7.2Lowest OK: 46.3% 44.5%±8.9Highest OK: 46.3%

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

Below poverty line 22%Highest OK: 15.3% 16.1%Lowest OK: 15.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 55.2%Lowest OK: 65.8% 58.5%Highest OK: 65.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1958Lowest 22 yrs older than OK 1976Highest 4 yrs older than OK

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 19 minLowest 15% below OK 26 minHighest 15% above OK

Work from home 4.3%±2Lowest OK: 9.4% 6.4%±2.9Highest OK: 9.4%

Wagoner 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%Highest 20.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 21.3 miLowest 25.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.88 0.88

Top workplaceoutside town Stillwater (12%)Tulsa (22%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 15.9%Highest 15.1%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 1.3 miLowest 1.9 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 mi 0.2 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 2Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 65.6Highest 63.4Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #55 of 128 in OK #98 of 128 in OK

School district CUSHINGWAGONER

High school in town Cushing HSWagoner HS

Students per teacherat that high school 13.9Lowest 16.1Highest

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

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

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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 Wagoner

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $280 more a month in Wagoner

Cushing places higher on 15 of 25 OK lists

What daily life feels like in each

77 miles apart

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