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%

McLoud$1,350/mo

Typical home $237K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.57% · or rent about $718/mo · Housing →

Pocola$1,040/mo

Typical home $182K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.55% · or rent about $826/mo · Housing →

The difference: $310 a month, about $3,800 a year, between McLoud and Pocola.

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

McLoud 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

C+McLoudSafer than 40% of U.S. towns A−PocolaSafer than 81% of U.S. towns

Schools

CMcLoudBetter than 25% of districts in the state C−PocolaBetter than 24% of districts in the state

Health

CMcLoudHealthier than 28% of U.S. towns DPocolaHealthier than 10% of U.S. towns

11McLoud

10Pocola

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

Shortest commuteGetting around · 134 towns #117#26 Lowest depressionHealth · 134 towns #106#43 HealthiestHealth · 134 towns #39#93 SafestSafety · 127 towns #51#7 Most activeHealth · 134 towns #39#85 Highest incomeIncome · 134 towns #42#86 Fewest smokersHealth · 134 towns #52#94 Lowest obesityHealth · 134 towns #64#33

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

McLoudPocola

Snow a year4″3″

January low—30°F

July high—94°F

Growing season (days)—224d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)68th 56th

Outdoors & history

McLoudPocola

National Register places—1

Archive photos5 —

Famous people born here7 —

Community

McLoudPocola

Library hours a week51 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

150 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

McLoudOK PocolaOK

McLoud ↔ Pocola150 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

McLoudPocola

People

Population 4,425Highest 4,423Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +7.6%Highest OK: +5.5% +4.9%Lowest OK: +5.5%

Median age 42±2.5Highest 14% above OK 38.7±3.6Lowest 5% above OK

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

Kids under 18 14.2%±3.2Lowest OK: 24% 25%±4Highest OK: 24%

Age 65+ 12.4%±2.7Lowest OK: 16.3% 20.9%±4.1Highest OK: 16.3%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 10.9%Lowest OK: 28.3% 12.9%Highest OK: 28.3%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.2%±1.9Highest OK: 5.8% 3.6%±1.4Lowest OK: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $63,469±$12kHighest about the OK average $50,545±$5kLowest 22% below OK

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $157,400±$28kHighest 21% below OK $151,100±$23kLowest 24% below OK

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $718±$55Lowest 29% below OK $826±$63Highest 19% below OK

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $891Highest 44% below OK $826Lowest 48% below OK

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 29.1%±12.3Lowest OK: 46.3% 38.7%±10.2Highest OK: 46.3%

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

Below poverty line 18%Highest OK: 15.3% 17.4%Lowest OK: 15.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 67.3%Lowest OK: 65.8% 70.1%Highest OK: 65.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1986Highest 6 yrs newer than OK 1983Lowest 3 yrs newer than OK

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 27 minHighest 19% above OK 18 minLowest 22% below OK

Work from home 5.9%±3.7Highest OK: 9.4% 5.8%±2.9Lowest OK: 9.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 5.7%Lowest 8.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 23.3 miHighest 10.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.75Lowest 0.84Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Oklahoma City (34%)Fort Smith (46%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in PocolaFew work in McLoud

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 8.8%Highest 8.3%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.6 miHighest 0.5 miLowest

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 9.3Highest 6.6Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #111 of 128 in OK #100 of 128 in OK

School district MCLOUDPOCOLA

High school in town McLoud HSPocola HS

Students per teacherat that high school 14.8Lowest 15.1Highest

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.

McLoud vs Pocola

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $310 more a month in McLoud

McLoud places higher on 11 of 21 OK lists

What daily life feels like in each

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