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%

Enid$820/mo

Typical home $137K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.94% · or rent about $914/mo · Housing →

Moore$1,360/mo

Typical home $222K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.06% · or rent about $1,340/mo · Housing →

The difference: $540 a month, about $6,400 a year, between Moore and Enid.

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

Moore places higher on 15 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

DEnidSafer than 12% of U.S. towns C+MooreSafer than 38% of U.S. towns

Schools

B−EnidBetter than 48% of districts in the state A−MooreBetter than 82% of districts in the state

Health

CEnidHealthier than 28% of U.S. towns B−MooreHealthier than 53% of U.S. towns

7Enid

15Moore

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

Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 134 towns #115#25 Lowest depressionHealth · 134 towns #3#84 Most trailsOutdoors · 82 towns #57#9 Most remote workersWork · 131 towns #102#27 Shortest commuteGetting around · 134 towns #18#94 Most walkableOutdoors · 134 towns #95#19 Most conserved landOutdoors · 131 towns #45#107 Lowest obesityHealth · 134 towns #82#21

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

EnidMoore

Snow a year9″7″

January low25°F 27°F

July high95°F 93°F

Growing season (days)209d 213d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)68th 58th

Outdoors & history

EnidMoore

Trails15 mi 17 mi

Conserved land8.8%1.7%

Settled1893 1889

National Register places24 1

Archive photos18 12

Famous people born here75 10

Community

EnidMoore

Library hours a week60 hrs 72 hrs

Colleges in town—1

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

78 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

EnidOK MooreOK

Enid ↔ Moore78 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

EnidMoore

People

Population 50,653Lowest 63,420Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +3.9%Lowest OK: +5.5% +14%Highest OK: +5.5%

Median age 35.2±0.5Highest 5% below OK 34.1±0.9Lowest 8% below OK

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

Kids under 18 25.6%±1.2Lowest OK: 24% 25.7%±1.4Highest OK: 24%

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

Age 65+ 16%±1.3Highest OK: 16.3% 13.3%±1.4Lowest OK: 16.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 23.1%Lowest OK: 28.3% 29.1%Highest OK: 28.3%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.4%±0.6Lowest OK: 5.8% 7%±1Highest OK: 5.8%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $62,125±$3kLowest 4% below OK $80,420±$4kHighest 24% above OK

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $154,900±$7kLowest 22% below OK $204,500±$5kHighest about the OK average

Rentmedian gross, monthly $914±$33Lowest 10% below OK $1,340±$54Highest 32% above OK

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,455Lowest 9% below OK $2,173Highest 36% above OK

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 43.9%±5.7Lowest OK: 46.3% 45.5%±5.6Highest OK: 46.3%

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

Below poverty line 13.7%Highest OK: 15.3% 11.4%Lowest OK: 15.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 61.3%Lowest OK: 65.8% 67.9%Highest OK: 65.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1969Lowest 11 yrs older than OK 1987Highest 7 yrs newer than OK

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 17 minLowest 26% below OK 23 minHighest about the OK average

Work from home 3.7%±1.1Lowest OK: 9.4% 9.8%±1.6Highest OK: 9.4%

Work in townworking residents 57.2%Highest 11.3%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 4.8 miLowest 10.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.02Highest 0.65Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Oklahoma City (10%)Oklahoma City (55%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in MooreFew work in Enid

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 8.8%Highest 1.7%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 15.4 miLowest 16.8 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 0.8 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 24Highest 15Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 33.8Lowest 81.3Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #83 of 128 in OK #32 of 128 in OK

School district ENID · CHISHOLMMOORE

High school in town Enid HSMoore HS

Students per teacherat that high school 18.5Lowest 20.9Highest

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.

Enid vs Moore

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $540 more a month in Moore

Moore places higher on 15 of 22 OK lists

What daily life feels like in each

78 miles apart

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