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%

Purcell$1,340/mo

Typical home $226K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.81% · or rent about $868/mo · Housing →

Wagoner$1,120/mo

Typical home $189K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.84% · or rent about $868/mo · Housing →

The difference: $220 a month, about $2,600 a year, between Purcell and Wagoner.

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

Purcell 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

C−PurcellSafer than 20% of U.S. towns C−WagonerSafer than 21% of U.S. towns

Schools

B+PurcellBetter than 71% of districts in the state B−WagonerBetter than 48% of districts in the state

Health

C−PurcellHealthier than 22% of U.S. towns C−WagonerHealthier than 18% of U.S. towns

11Purcell

9Wagoner

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

Fastest growingGrowth · 134 towns #27#121 Most walkableOutdoors · 134 towns #110#40 Shortest commuteGetting around · 134 towns #46#111 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 134 towns #84#26 Most trailsOutdoors · 82 towns #29#63 Best schoolsSchools · 128 towns #60#98 Most conserved landOutdoors · 131 towns #61#24 Fewest smokersHealth · 134 towns #36#72

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

PurcellWagoner

Snow a year4″3″

January low28°F 26°F

July high93°F 93°F

Growing season (days)212d 208d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)60th 60th

Outdoors & history

PurcellWagoner

Trails7 mi 2 mi

Conserved land7.2%15.1%

Settled1887 —

National Register places3 11

Archive photos—12

Famous people born here—11

Community

PurcellWagoner

Library hours a week61 hrs 48 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

130 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

PurcellOK WagonerOK

Purcell ↔ Wagoner130 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

PurcellWagoner

People

Population 6,803Lowest 8,082Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +13%Highest OK: +5.5% -8.4%Lowest OK: +5.5%

Median age 35±3.7Lowest 5% below OK 36.5±2.4Highest about the OK average

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

Kids under 18 27.6%±4Highest OK: 24% 21.8%±3Lowest OK: 24%

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

Age 65+ 16.5%±3.4Lowest OK: 16.3% 17.2%±2.7Highest OK: 16.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 17.2%Highest OK: 28.3% 15%Lowest OK: 28.3%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.6%±1.5Lowest OK: 5.8% 5%±1.6Highest OK: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $63,457±$5kHighest about the OK average $57,917±$9kLowest 11% below OK

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $171,600±$25kHighest 14% below OK $148,900±$11kLowest 25% below OK

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $868±$34 14% below OK $868±$42 14% below OK

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,392Highest 13% below OK $1,249Lowest 22% below OK

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 56.1%±13.7Highest OK: 46.3% 44.5%±8.9Lowest OK: 46.3%

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

Below poverty line 14%Lowest OK: 15.3% 16.1%Highest OK: 15.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 57%Lowest OK: 65.8% 58.5%Highest OK: 65.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1983Highest 3 yrs newer than OK 1976Lowest 4 yrs older than OK

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 19 minLowest 14% below OK 26 minHighest 15% above OK

Work from home 8%±3.4Highest OK: 9.4% 6.4%±2.9Lowest OK: 9.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 14.2%Lowest 20.8%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 23.3 miLowest 25.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.86Lowest 0.88Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Oklahoma City (25%)Tulsa (22%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in WagonerFew work in Purcell

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 7.2%Lowest 15.1%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 6.9 miHighest 1.9 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6Highest 2Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 24.9Lowest 63.4Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #60 of 128 in OK #98 of 128 in OK

School district PURCELLWAGONER

High school in town Purcell HSWagoner HS

Students per teacherat that high school 16.4Highest 16.1Lowest

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.

Purcell vs Wagoner

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $220 more a month in Purcell

Purcell places higher on 11 of 21 OK lists

What daily life feels like in each

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