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%

Frederick$300/mo

Typical home $53K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.57% · or rent about $743/mo · Housing →

Perry$860/mo

Typical home $142K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.97% · or rent about $811/mo · Housing →

The difference: $550 a month, about $6,600 a year, between Perry and Frederick.

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

Perry places higher on 16 of 23 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

DFrederickSafer than 14% of U.S. towns C+PerrySafer than 43% of U.S. towns

Schools

A+FrederickBetter than 95% of districts in the state BPerryBetter than 64% of districts in the state

Health

DFrederickHealthier than 10% of U.S. towns C−PerryHealthier than 20% of U.S. towns

7Frederick

16Perry

Lists won, of 23 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Fewest uninsuredHealth · 134 towns #125#26 Best libraries for kidsLibraries · 60 towns #54#14 Most conserved landOutdoors · 131 towns #125#43 Most library borrowingLibraries · 60 towns #59#22 Most-used librariesLibraries · 60 towns #59#23 Shortest commuteGetting around · 134 towns #80#8 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 134 towns #132#60 SafestSafety · 127 towns #104#48

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

FrederickPerry

Snow a year1″7″

January low29°F 25°F

July high97°F 95°F

Growing season (days)225d 210d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)38th 73rd

Outdoors & history

FrederickPerry

Trails—2 mi

Conserved land—9.6%

Settled—1893

National Register places2 6

Archive photos12 12

Famous people born here7 9

Community

FrederickPerry

Library hours a week38 hrs 39 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

164 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

FrederickOK PerryOK

Frederick ↔ Perry164 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

FrederickPerry

People

Population 3,445Lowest 4,452Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -12%Highest OK: +5.5% -12.5%Lowest OK: +5.5%

Median age 37.6±2.4Lowest about the OK average 39±4Highest 5% above OK

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

Kids under 18 24.7%±3.1Highest OK: 24% 22.9%±3.8Lowest OK: 24%

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

Age 65+ 19.1%±3.1Highest OK: 16.3% 17.6%±3.7Lowest OK: 16.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 15.8%Lowest OK: 28.3% 18.2%Highest OK: 28.3%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.8%±1.1Lowest OK: 5.8% 5.5%±2.7Highest OK: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $44,595±$9kLowest 31% below OK $53,587±$11kHighest 18% below OK

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $89,300±$31kLowest 55% below OK $109,100±$18kHighest 45% below OK

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $743±$83Lowest 27% below OK $811±$223Highest 20% below OK

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $513Lowest 68% below OK $1,054Highest 34% below OK

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 69.8%±16.9Highest OK: 46.3% 51.9%±17.6Lowest OK: 46.3%

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

Below poverty line 25%Highest OK: 15.3% 13.1%Lowest OK: 15.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 70.5%Highest OK: 65.8% 70%Lowest OK: 65.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1964Lowest 16 yrs older than OK 1965Highest 15 yrs older than OK

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minHighest about the OK average 14 minLowest 36% below OK

Work from home 2.1%±1.9Lowest OK: 9.4% 3.1%±2.3Highest OK: 9.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 36.7%Lowest 43.7%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 24.3 miHighest 15.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.64Lowest 1.44Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Lawton (11%)Stillwater (12%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in PerryFew work in Frederick

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.6%Lowest 9.6%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.6 miLowest 2.2 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 6Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 75.5Highest 42.7Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #19 of 128 in OK #47 of 128 in OK

School district FREDERICKPERRY

High school in town Frederick HSPerry HS

Students per teacherat that high school 12.5Lowest 15.6Highest

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.

Frederick vs Perry

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $550 more a month in Perry

Perry places higher on 16 of 23 OK lists

What daily life feels like in each

164 miles apart

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