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%

Davis$960/mo

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

Calera$1,360/mo

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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

7Davis

11Calera

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

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

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

DavisCalera

Snow a year2″2″

January low28°F 30°F

July high93°F 94°F

Growing season (days)208d 221d

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

Outdoors & history

DavisCalera

Trails1 mi 2 mi

Conserved land12.7%1.9%

National Register places1 —

Archive photos—2

Famous people born here—1

Community

DavisCalera

Library hours a week30 hrs —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined1 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

55 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

DavisOK CaleraOK

Davis ↔ Calera55 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

DavisCalera

People

Population 2,814Lowest 3,007Highest

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

Median age 34.7±4.7Highest 6% below OK 31.3±3.3Lowest 15% 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 25.7%±4.2Lowest OK: 24% 28.1%±4.9Highest OK: 24%

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

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

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

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2%±1.2Lowest OK: 5.8% 4.2%±1.9Highest 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 $51,875±$8kLowest 20% below OK $64,449±$16kHighest about the OK average

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

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

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

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

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 43.6%±12.8Highest OK: 46.3% 31%±9Lowest 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 18.3%Highest OK: 15.3% 15.7%Lowest OK: 15.3%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 4%±2.3Lowest OK: 9.4% 7.1%±3.3Highest 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 14.5%Highest 2.9%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 22.8 miHighest 5.8 miLowest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in CaleraFew work in Davis

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 12.7%Highest 1.9%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.6 miLowest 1.6 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Highest 0Lowest

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

Schools

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

School district DAVISCALERA

High school in town Davis HSCalera HS

Students per teacherat that high school 18.2Highest 12.1Lowest

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

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

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.

Davis vs Calera

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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