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%

Goltry$640/mo

Typical home $116K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.38% · or rent about $830/mo · Housing →

Ames$1,010/mo

Typical home $177K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.58% · Housing →

The difference: $370 a month, about $4,400 a year, between Ames and Goltry.

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.

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

GoltryAmes

Snow a year13″10″

January low23°F 27°F

July high95°F 96°F

Growing season (days)205d 208d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)82nd 90th

Outdoors & history

GoltryAmes

Settled—1893

National Register places1 —

Archive photos1 1

Famous people born here2 —

Community

GoltryAmes

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

20 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

GoltryAmes

Goltry ↔ Ames20 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

GoltryAmes

People

Population 271Highest 220Lowest

Median age 45.7±6.8Lowest 24% above OK 46.3±17Highest 25% above OK

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

Kids under 18 22.5%±4.7Highest OK: 24% 17.7%±10Lowest OK: 24%

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

Age 65+ 31%±13.2Highest OK: 16.3% 30.5%±13.4Lowest OK: 16.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 15.1%Lowest OK: 28.3% 15.8%Highest OK: 28.3%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.7%±3.8Lowest OK: 5.8% 2.3%±5Highest OK: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $96,667±$20kHighest 49% above OK $49,231±$10kLowest 24% below OK

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $99,500±$10kHighest 50% below OK $95,900±$19kLowest 52% below OK

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $830±$125 18% below OK —

Property taxmedian, yearly $378Lowest 76% below OK $554Highest 65% below OK

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 23.1%±100Highest OK: 46.3% 0%±100Lowest OK: 46.3%

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

Below poverty line 5.9%Lowest OK: 15.3% 16.4%Highest OK: 15.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 89.7%Lowest OK: 65.8% 90.2%Highest OK: 65.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1958Lowest 22 yrs older than OK 1973Highest 7 yrs older than OK

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 19 minLowest 14% below OK 26 minHighest 16% above OK

Work from home 1.5%±1.4Highest OK: 9.4% 0%±7.5Lowest OK: 9.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 0% 0%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 40.8 miLowest 51.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.55Highest 0.22Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Enid (16%)Enid (15%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in AmesFew work in Goltry

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 130Highest 96.9Lowest

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.

Goltry vs Ames

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $370 more a month in Ames

What daily life feels like in each

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