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%

Stroud$730/mo

Typical home $127K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.63% · or rent about $761/mo · Housing →

Frederick$300/mo

Typical home $53K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.57% · or rent about $743/mo · Housing →

The difference: $430 a month, about $5,100 a year, between Stroud and Frederick.

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

Stroud places higher on 14 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+StroudSafer than 44% of U.S. towns DFrederickSafer than 14% of U.S. towns

Schools

CStroudBetter than 32% of districts in the state A+FrederickBetter than 95% of districts in the state

Health

DStroudHealthier than 14% of U.S. towns DFrederickHealthier than 10% of U.S. towns

14Stroud

8Frederick

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

Fewest uninsuredHealth · 134 towns #26#125 Most walkableOutdoors · 134 towns #118#27 Most new homesHousing · 128 towns #42#121 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 134 towns #57#132 Best schoolsSchools · 128 towns #78#19 SafestSafety · 127 towns #46#104 Highest incomeIncome · 134 towns #46#107 Most remote workersWork · 131 towns #63#122

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

StroudFrederick

Snow a year6″1″

January low—29°F

July high—97°F

Growing season (days)—225d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)67th 38th

Outdoors & history

StroudFrederick

Settled1892 —

National Register places14 2

Archive photos30 12

Famous people born here—7

Community

StroudFrederick

Library hours a week40 hrs 38 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 1

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

165 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

StroudOK FrederickOK

Stroud ↔ Frederick165 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

StroudFrederick

People

Population 2,793Lowest 3,445Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +1.1%Highest OK: +5.5% -12%Lowest OK: +5.5%

Median age 36.3±2.7Lowest about the OK average 37.6±2.4Highest about the OK average

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

Kids under 18 25.7%±4Highest OK: 24% 24.7%±3.1Lowest OK: 24%

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

Age 65+ 15.5%±2.8Lowest OK: 16.3% 19.1%±3.1Highest OK: 16.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 13.3%Lowest OK: 28.3% 15.8%Highest OK: 28.3%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.5%±1.5Highest OK: 5.8% 1.8%±1.1Lowest OK: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $61,250±$8kHighest 6% below OK $44,595±$9kLowest 31% below OK

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $125,000±$16kHighest 37% below OK $89,300±$31kLowest 55% below OK

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $761±$50Highest 25% below OK $743±$83Lowest 27% below OK

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $785Highest 51% below OK $513Lowest 68% below OK

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 46.1%±11.6Lowest OK: 46.3% 69.8%±16.9Highest OK: 46.3%

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

Below poverty line 24%Lowest OK: 15.3% 25%Highest OK: 15.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 71.4%Highest OK: 65.8% 70.5%Lowest OK: 65.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1971Highest 9 yrs older than OK 1964Lowest 16 yrs older than OK

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minHighest 4% above OK 22 minLowest about the OK average

Work from home 6.6%±3Highest OK: 9.4% 2.1%±1.9Lowest OK: 9.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 21%Lowest 36.7%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.8 miLowest 24.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.12Highest 0.64Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Oklahoma City (15%)Lawton (11%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in FrederickFew work in Stroud

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 6.2%Highest 0.6%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.7 miHighest 0.6 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 mi 0.1 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 18.6Lowest 75.5Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #78 of 128 in OK #19 of 128 in OK

School district STROUDFREDERICK

High school in town Stroud HSFrederick HS

Students per teacherat that high school 11.1Lowest 12.5Highest

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.

Stroud vs Frederick

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $430 more a month in Stroud

Stroud places higher on 14 of 23 OK lists

What daily life feels like in each

165 miles apart

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