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 B−SulphurSafer than 46% of U.S. towns

Schools

CMcLoudBetter than 25% of districts in the state A−SulphurBetter than 79% of districts in the state

Health

CMcLoudHealthier than 28% of U.S. towns C−SulphurHealthier than 16% of U.S. towns

8McLoud

12Sulphur

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

Lowest depressionHealth · 134 towns #106#16 Best schoolsSchools · 128 towns #111#26 Shortest commuteGetting around · 134 towns #117#36 Most walkableOutdoors · 134 towns #129#49 Cheapest rentCost of living · 133 towns #17#91 Highest graduation rateSchools · 119 towns #96#41 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 134 towns #62#7 Most educatedPeople · 134 towns #122#69

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

Monthly cost

A typical home costs $380 more a month in McLoud

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 →

Sulphur$980/mo

Typical home $172K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.53% · or rent about $954/mo · Housing →

The difference: $380 a month, about $4,500 a year, between McLoud and Sulphur.

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

McLoudSulphur

Snow a year4″2″

January low—28°F

July high—93°F

Growing season (days)—208d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)68th 67th

Outdoors & history

McLoudSulphur

Trails—1 mi

Conserved land—11.8%

Settled—1882

National Register places—4

Archive photos5 18

Famous people born here7 —

Community

McLoudSulphur

Library hours a week51 hrs 30 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

63 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

McLoudOK SulphurOK

McLoud ↔ Sulphur63 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

McLoudSulphur

People

Population 4,425Lowest 4,874Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +7.6%Highest OK: +5.5% +2.8%Lowest OK: +5.5%

Median age 42±2.5Highest 14% above OK 41.9±2.8Lowest 13% above OK

McLoud and Sulphur 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% 23.7%±4.2Highest OK: 24%

Age 65+ 12.4%±2.7Lowest OK: 16.3% 18.7%±3.8Highest OK: 16.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 10.9%Lowest OK: 28.3% 20%Highest OK: 28.3%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.2%±1.9Lowest OK: 5.8% 4.5%±1.9Highest OK: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $63,469±$12kLowest about the OK average $66,957±$13kHighest about the OK average

Sulphur and McLoud 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 $122,000±$16kLowest 39% below OK

McLoud and Sulphur 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 $954±$116Highest 6% below OK

Property taxmedian, yearly $891Highest 44% below OK $645Lowest 60% below OK

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 29.1%±12.3Lowest OK: 46.3% 32%±13.1Highest OK: 46.3%

Sulphur 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% 15.5%Lowest OK: 15.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 67.3%Highest OK: 65.8% 66.5%Lowest OK: 65.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1986Highest 6 yrs newer than OK 1973Lowest 7 yrs older than OK

Getting to work

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

Work from home 5.9%±3.7Highest OK: 9.4% 3.4%±2.1Lowest OK: 9.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 5.7%Lowest 23.6%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 23.3 miLowest 24.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.75Lowest 1.08Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Oklahoma City (34%)Ardmore (9%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 8.8%Lowest 11.8%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.6 miLowest 1.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.2 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 2Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 9.3Lowest 55.9Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #111 of 128 in OK #26 of 128 in OK

School district MCLOUDOKLAHOMA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF · SULPHUR

High school in town McLoud HSSulphur HS

Students per teacherat that high school 14.8Lowest 20.0Highest

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.

McLoud vs Sulphur

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

Sulphur places higher on 12 of 21 OK lists

A typical home costs $380 more a month in McLoud

What daily life feels like in each

63 miles apart

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