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%

Pocola$1,040/mo

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

McLoud$1,350/mo

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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

10Pocola

11McLoud

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

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

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

PocolaMcLoud

Snow a year3″4″

January low30°F —

July high94°F —

Growing season (days)224d —

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

Outdoors & history

PocolaMcLoud

National Register places1 —

Archive photos—5

Famous people born here—7

Community

PocolaMcLoud

Library hours a week—51 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.

PocolaOK McLoudOK

Pocola ↔ McLoud150 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

PocolaMcLoud

People

Population 4,423Lowest 4,425Highest

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

Median age 38.7±3.6Lowest 5% above OK 42±2.5Highest 14% 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 25%±4Highest OK: 24% 14.2%±3.2Lowest OK: 24%

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

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

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.6%±1.4Lowest OK: 5.8% 4.2%±1.9Highest 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 $50,545±$5kLowest 22% below OK $63,469±$12kHighest about the OK average

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $151,100±$23kLowest 24% below OK $157,400±$28kHighest 21% 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 $826±$63Highest 19% below OK $718±$55Lowest 29% 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 $826Lowest 48% below OK $891Highest 44% below OK

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 38.7%±10.2Highest OK: 46.3% 29.1%±12.3Lowest 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 17.4%Lowest OK: 15.3% 18%Highest OK: 15.3%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 5.8%±2.9Lowest OK: 9.4% 5.9%±3.7Highest 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 8.9%Highest 5.7%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 10.3 miLowest 23.3 miHighest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in McLoudFew work in Pocola

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 8.3%Lowest 8.8%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.5 miLowest 0.6 miHighest

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 6.6Lowest 9.3Highest

Schools

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

School district POCOLAMCLOUD

High school in town Pocola HSMcLoud HS

Students per teacherat that high school 15.1Highest 14.8Lowest

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.

Pocola vs McLoud

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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