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 →

Stroud$730/mo

Typical home $127K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.63% · or rent about $761/mo · Housing →

The difference: $430 a month, about $5,100 a year, between Stroud 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

Stroud places higher on 14 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+StroudSafer than 44% of U.S. towns

Schools

A+FrederickBetter than 95% of districts in the state CStroudBetter than 32% of districts in the state

Health

DFrederickHealthier than 10% of U.S. towns DStroudHealthier than 14% of U.S. towns

8Frederick

14Stroud

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

Fewest uninsuredHealth · 134 towns #125#26 Most walkableOutdoors · 134 towns #27#118 Most new homesHousing · 128 towns #121#42 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 134 towns #132#57 Best schoolsSchools · 128 towns #19#78 SafestSafety · 127 towns #104#46 Highest incomeIncome · 134 towns #107#46 Most remote workersWork · 131 towns #122#63

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

FrederickStroud

Snow a year1″6″

January low29°F —

July high97°F —

Growing season (days)225d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)38th 67th

Outdoors & history

FrederickStroud

Settled—1892

National Register places2 14

Archive photos12 30

Famous people born here7 —

Community

FrederickStroud

Library hours a week38 hrs 40 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

165 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

FrederickOK StroudOK

Frederick ↔ Stroud165 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

FrederickStroud

People

Population 3,445Highest 2,793Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -12%Lowest OK: +5.5% +1.1%Highest OK: +5.5%

Median age 37.6±2.4Highest about the OK average 36.3±2.7Lowest about the OK average

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

Kids under 18 24.7%±3.1Lowest OK: 24% 25.7%±4Highest OK: 24%

Stroud and Frederick 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% 15.5%±2.8Lowest OK: 16.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 15.8%Highest OK: 28.3% 13.3%Lowest OK: 28.3%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.8%±1.1Lowest OK: 5.8% 3.5%±1.5Highest OK: 5.8%

Stroud 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 $61,250±$8kHighest 6% below OK

Stroud 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 $125,000±$16kHighest 37% below OK

Stroud 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 $761±$50Highest 25% below OK

Stroud 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 $785Highest 51% below OK

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 69.8%±16.9Highest OK: 46.3% 46.1%±11.6Lowest OK: 46.3%

Frederick and Stroud 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% 24%Lowest OK: 15.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 70.5%Lowest OK: 65.8% 71.4%Highest OK: 65.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1964Lowest 16 yrs older than OK 1971Highest 9 yrs older than OK

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minLowest about the OK average 23 minHighest 4% above OK

Work from home 2.1%±1.9Lowest OK: 9.4% 6.6%±3Highest OK: 9.4%

Stroud 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%Highest 21%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 24.3 miHighest 18.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.64Lowest 1.12Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Lawton (11%)Oklahoma City (15%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.6%Lowest 6.2%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.6 miLowest 0.7 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 mi 0.1 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 75.5Highest 18.6Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #19 of 128 in OK #78 of 128 in OK

School district FREDERICKSTROUD

High school in town Frederick HSStroud HS

Students per teacherat that high school 12.5Highest 11.1Lowest

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.

Frederick vs Stroud

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $430 more a month in Stroud

Stroud places higher on 14 of 23 OK lists

What daily life feels like in each

165 miles apart

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