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%

Moore$1,360/mo

Typical home $222K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.06% · or rent about $1,340/mo · Housing →

Edmond$2,140/mo

Typical home $355K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.93% · or rent about $1,344/mo · Housing →

The difference: $780 a month, about $9,300 a year, between Edmond and Moore.

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

Edmond places higher on 15 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

C+MooreSafer than 38% of U.S. towns B−EdmondSafer than 49% of U.S. towns

Schools

A−MooreBetter than 82% of districts in the state AEdmondBetter than 91% of districts in the state

Health

B−MooreHealthier than 53% of U.S. towns AEdmondHealthier than 87% of U.S. towns

8Moore

15Edmond

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

Lowest depressionHealth · 134 towns #84#16 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 54 towns #28#49 Most new homesHousing · 128 towns #61#13 Most walkableOutdoors · 134 towns #19#64 Most conserved landOutdoors · 131 towns #107#72 Best schoolsSchools · 128 towns #32#1 Most affordableCost of living · 134 towns #103#132 Most trailsOutdoors · 82 towns #9#26

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

MooreEdmond

Snow a year7″3″

January low27°F —

July high93°F —

Growing season (days)213d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)58th 52nd

Outdoors & history

MooreEdmond

Trails17 mi 41 mi

Conserved land1.7%6.4%

Settled1889 1889

National Register places1 8

Archive photos12 —

Famous people born here10 —

Community

MooreEdmond

Library hours a week72 hrs 70 hrs

Colleges in town1 1

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

24 miles apart

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

MooreEdmond

Moore ↔ Edmond24 miles apart

Who commutes between them

375 Moore residents work in Edmond (1.4% of its workers)

332 Edmond residents work in Moore (0.8% of its workers)

Work & commute in Moore →

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

MooreEdmond

People

Population 63,420Lowest 96,825Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +14%Lowest OK: +5.5% +16%Highest OK: +5.5%

Median age 34.1±0.9Lowest 8% below OK 37.9±0.8Highest about the OK average

Kids under 18 25.7%±1.4Highest OK: 24% 25.4%±1.4Lowest OK: 24%

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

Age 65+ 13.3%±1.4Lowest OK: 16.3% 16%±1Highest OK: 16.3%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 29.1%Lowest OK: 28.3% 57.6%Highest OK: 28.3%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 7%±1Lowest OK: 5.8% 7.9%±1Highest OK: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $80,420±$4kLowest 24% above OK $103,183±$3kHighest 59% above OK

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $204,500±$5kLowest about the OK average $351,400±$10kHighest 76% above OK

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,340±$54Lowest 32% above OK $1,344±$36Highest 33% above OK

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,173Lowest 36% above OK $3,261Highest 104% above OK

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 45.5%±5.6Lowest OK: 46.3% 52.1%±5.7Highest OK: 46.3%

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

Below poverty line 11.4%Highest OK: 15.3% 8.1%Lowest OK: 15.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 67.9%Lowest OK: 65.8% 70.3%Highest OK: 65.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1987Lowest 7 yrs newer than OK 1993Highest 13 yrs newer than OK

Getting to work

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

Work from home 9.8%±1.6Lowest OK: 9.4% 13.7%±1.5Highest OK: 9.4%

Work in townworking residents 11.3%Lowest 20.8%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 10.3 miLowest 11.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.65Lowest 0.87Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Oklahoma City (55%)Oklahoma City (55%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 1% work in Edmond1% work in Moore

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.7%Lowest 6.4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 16.8 miLowest 40.5 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.8 miHighest 0.5 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 15Lowest 26Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 81.3Highest 47.8Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #32 of 128 in OK #1 of 128 in OK

School district MOOREEDMOND

High school in town Moore HSSanta Fe HS

Students per teacherat that high school 20.9Highest 20.2Lowest

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.

Moore vs Edmond

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $780 more a month in Edmond

Edmond places higher on 15 of 23 OK lists

What daily life feels like in each

24 miles apart

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