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 →

Perry$860/mo

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

A−PocolaSafer than 81% of U.S. towns C+PerrySafer than 43% of U.S. towns

Schools

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

Health

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

7Pocola

13Perry

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

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

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

PocolaPerry

Snow a year3″7″

January low30°F 25°F

July high94°F 95°F

Growing season (days)224d 210d

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

Outdoors & history

PocolaPerry

Trails—2 mi

Conserved land—9.6%

Settled—1893

National Register places1 6

Archive photos—12

Famous people born here—9

Community

PocolaPerry

Library hours a week—39 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.

PocolaOK PerryOK

Pocola ↔ Perry174 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

PocolaPerry

People

Population 4,423Lowest 4,452Highest

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

Median age 38.7±3.6Lowest 5% above OK 39±4Highest 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 25%±4Highest OK: 24% 22.9%±3.8Lowest OK: 24%

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

Age 65+ 20.9%±4.1Highest OK: 16.3% 17.6%±3.7Lowest 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+ 12.9%Lowest OK: 28.3% 18.2%Highest OK: 28.3%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.6%±1.4Lowest OK: 5.8% 5.5%±2.7Highest 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 $50,545±$5kLowest 22% below OK $53,587±$11kHighest 18% 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 $151,100±$23kHighest 24% below OK $109,100±$18kLowest 45% below OK

Rentmedian gross, monthly $826±$63Highest 19% below OK $811±$223Lowest 20% 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 $826Lowest 48% below OK $1,054Highest 34% below OK

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 38.7%±10.2Lowest OK: 46.3% 51.9%±17.6Highest 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 17.4%Highest OK: 15.3% 13.1%Lowest OK: 15.3%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 5.8%±2.9Highest OK: 9.4% 3.1%±2.3Lowest 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 8.9%Lowest 43.7%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 10.3 miLowest 15.8 miHighest

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

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

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 8.3%Lowest 9.6%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.5 miLowest 2.2 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 6Highest

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

Schools

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

School district POCOLAPERRY

High school in town Pocola HSPerry HS

Students per teacherat that high school 15.1Lowest 15.6Highest

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 Perry

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

174 miles apart

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