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%

Glenpool$1,460/mo

Typical home $244K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.91% · or rent about $1,370/mo · Housing →

Skiatook$1,690/mo

Typical home $284K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.86% · or rent about $961/mo · Housing →

The difference: $230 a month, about $2,700 a year, between Skiatook and Glenpool.

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

Skiatook places higher on 11 of 21 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

B−GlenpoolSafer than 48% of U.S. towns B−SkiatookSafer than 51% of U.S. towns

Schools

A−GlenpoolBetter than 77% of districts in the state A−SkiatookBetter than 80% of districts in the state

Health

B−GlenpoolHealthier than 46% of U.S. towns CSkiatookHealthier than 26% of U.S. towns

9Glenpool

11Skiatook

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Lowest obesityHealth · 134 towns #11#82 Most remote workersWork · 131 towns #77#30 Lowest depressionHealth · 134 towns #126#84 Highest incomeIncome · 134 towns #20#59 Most walkableOutdoors · 134 towns #70#107 Cheapest rentCost of living · 133 towns #128#92 Most conserved landOutdoors · 131 towns #62#94 Fewest smokersHealth · 134 towns #25#52

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

GlenpoolSkiatook

Snow a year9″9″

January low28°F 28°F

July high94°F 94°F

Growing season (days)220d 220d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)33rd 79th

Outdoors & history

GlenpoolSkiatook

Trails2 mi 3 mi

Conserved land7.1%3.2%

Settled—1872

National Register places—2

Archive photos18 9

Community

GlenpoolSkiatook

Library hours a week47 hrs 47 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

28 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

GlenpoolSkiatook

Glenpool ↔ Skiatook28 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

GlenpoolSkiatook

People

Population 14,151Highest 8,632Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +26.7%Highest OK: +5.5% +14.2%Lowest OK: +5.5%

Median age 35.1±1.8Lowest 5% below OK 36.5±2.2Highest about the OK average

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

Kids under 18 26.1%±2.6Highest OK: 24% 26%±3Lowest OK: 24%

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

Age 65+ 11.1%±2Lowest OK: 16.3% 17.1%±3Highest OK: 16.3%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 26.3%Highest OK: 28.3% 23.4%Lowest OK: 28.3%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5%±1.5Highest OK: 5.8% 4.2%±1.3Lowest OK: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $79,525±$4kHighest 22% above OK $57,480±$5kLowest 12% below OK

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $201,700±$13kHighest about the OK average $182,600±$26kLowest 9% below OK

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,370±$58Highest 35% above OK $961±$52Lowest 5% below OK

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,834Highest 15% above OK $1,562Lowest about the OK average

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 42.5%±6.2Highest OK: 46.3% 41.6%±9.1Lowest OK: 46.3%

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

Below poverty line 11%Lowest OK: 15.3% 13.4%Highest OK: 15.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 69.3%Highest OK: 65.8% 69%Lowest OK: 65.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1995Highest 15 yrs newer than OK 1989Lowest 9 yrs newer than OK

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minHighest 8% above OK 24 minLowest 7% above OK

Work from home 5.4%±1.7Lowest OK: 9.4% 9.2%±2.5Highest OK: 9.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 6.7%Lowest 10.1%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.8 miLowest 18.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.50Lowest 0.53Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Tulsa (46%)Tulsa (35%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in SkiatookFew work in Glenpool

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 7.1%Highest 3.2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 1.6 miLowest 2.9 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.2 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6Highest 4Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 44.6Highest 25.6Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #46 of 128 in OK #29 of 128 in OK

School district GLENPOOLSKIATOOK

High school in town Glenpool HSSkiatook HS

Students per teacherat that high school 16.8Lowest 18.9Highest

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.

Glenpool vs Skiatook

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $230 more a month in Skiatook

Skiatook places higher on 11 of 21 OK lists

What daily life feels like in each

28 miles apart

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