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%

Perry$860/mo

Typical home $142K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.97% · or rent about $811/mo · Housing →

Pocola$1,040/mo

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

The difference: $180 a month, about $2,200 a year, between Pocola and Perry.

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

Perry places higher on 13 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+PerrySafer than 43% of U.S. towns A−PocolaSafer than 81% of U.S. towns

Schools

BPerryBetter than 64% of districts in the state C−PocolaBetter than 24% of districts in the state

Health

C−PerryHealthier than 20% of U.S. towns DPocolaHealthier than 10% of U.S. towns

13Perry

7Pocola

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

Highest graduation rateSchools · 119 towns #41#111 Fastest growingGrowth · 134 towns #127#50 Most new homesHousing · 128 towns #78#22 Fewest smokersHealth · 134 towns #36#94 Best schoolsSchools · 128 towns #47#100 Most walkableOutdoors · 134 towns #78#131 Lowest obesityHealth · 134 towns #82#33 SafestSafety · 127 towns #48#7

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

PerryPocola

Snow a year7″3″

January low25°F 30°F

July high95°F 94°F

Growing season (days)210d 224d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)73rd 56th

Outdoors & history

PerryPocola

Trails2 mi —

Conserved land9.6%—

Settled1893 —

National Register places6 1

Archive photos12 —

Famous people born here9 —

Community

PerryPocola

Library hours a week39 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

174 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

PerryOK PocolaOK

Perry ↔ Pocola174 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

PerryPocola

People

Population 4,452Highest 4,423Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -12.5%Lowest OK: +5.5% +4.9%Highest OK: +5.5%

Median age 39±4Highest 5% above OK 38.7±3.6Lowest 5% above OK

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

Kids under 18 22.9%±3.8Lowest OK: 24% 25%±4Highest OK: 24%

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

Age 65+ 17.6%±3.7Lowest OK: 16.3% 20.9%±4.1Highest OK: 16.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 18.2%Highest OK: 28.3% 12.9%Lowest OK: 28.3%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.5%±2.7Highest OK: 5.8% 3.6%±1.4Lowest OK: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $53,587±$11kHighest 18% below OK $50,545±$5kLowest 22% below OK

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $109,100±$18kLowest 45% below OK $151,100±$23kHighest 24% below OK

Rentmedian gross, monthly $811±$223Lowest 20% below OK $826±$63Highest 19% below OK

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,054Highest 34% below OK $826Lowest 48% below OK

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 51.9%±17.6Highest OK: 46.3% 38.7%±10.2Lowest OK: 46.3%

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

Below poverty line 13.1%Lowest OK: 15.3% 17.4%Highest OK: 15.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 70%Lowest OK: 65.8% 70.1%Highest OK: 65.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1965Lowest 15 yrs older than OK 1983Highest 3 yrs newer than OK

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 14 minLowest 36% below OK 18 minHighest 22% below OK

Work from home 3.1%±2.3Lowest OK: 9.4% 5.8%±2.9Highest OK: 9.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 43.7%Highest 8.9%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 15.8 miHighest 10.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.44Highest 0.84Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Stillwater (12%)Fort Smith (46%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 9.6%Highest 8.3%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 2.2 miHighest 0.5 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 42.7Highest 6.6Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #47 of 128 in OK #100 of 128 in OK

School district PERRYPOCOLA

High school in town Perry HSPocola HS

Students per teacherat that high school 15.6Highest 15.1Lowest

Oklahoma average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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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.

Perry vs Pocola

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $180 more a month in Pocola

Perry places higher on 13 of 21 OK lists

What daily life feels like in each

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