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

B−SulphurSafer than 46% of U.S. towns C+McLoudSafer than 40% of U.S. towns

Schools

A−SulphurBetter than 79% of districts in the state CMcLoudBetter than 25% of districts in the state

Health

C−SulphurHealthier than 16% of U.S. towns CMcLoudHealthier than 28% of U.S. towns

12Sulphur

8McLoud

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

Lowest depressionHealth · 134 towns #16#106 Best schoolsSchools · 128 towns #26#111 Shortest commuteGetting around · 134 towns #36#117 Most walkableOutdoors · 134 towns #49#129 Cheapest rentCost of living · 133 towns #91#17 Highest graduation rateSchools · 119 towns #41#96 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 134 towns #7#62 Most educatedPeople · 134 towns #69#122

Left end = #1 in Oklahoma. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Sulphur’s rankings →

Monthly cost

A typical home costs $380 more a month in McLoud

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%

Sulphur$980/mo

Typical home $172K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.53% · or rent about $954/mo · Housing →

McLoud$1,350/mo

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

The difference: $380 a month, about $4,500 a year, between McLoud and Sulphur.

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.

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

SulphurMcLoud

Snow a year2″4″

January low28°F —

July high93°F —

Growing season (days)208d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)67th 68th

Outdoors & history

SulphurMcLoud

Trails1 mi —

Conserved land11.8%—

Settled1882 —

National Register places4 —

Archive photos18 5

Famous people born here—7

Community

SulphurMcLoud

Library hours a week30 hrs 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

63 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

SulphurOK McLoudOK

Sulphur ↔ McLoud63 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

SulphurMcLoud

People

Population 4,874Highest 4,425Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +2.8%Lowest OK: +5.5% +7.6%Highest OK: +5.5%

Median age 41.9±2.8Lowest 13% above OK 42±2.5Highest 14% above OK

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

Kids under 18 23.7%±4.2Highest OK: 24% 14.2%±3.2Lowest OK: 24%

Age 65+ 18.7%±3.8Highest OK: 16.3% 12.4%±2.7Lowest OK: 16.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 20%Highest OK: 28.3% 10.9%Lowest OK: 28.3%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.5%±1.9Highest OK: 5.8% 4.2%±1.9Lowest OK: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $66,957±$13kHighest about the OK average $63,469±$12kLowest about the OK average

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $122,000±$16kLowest 39% below OK $157,400±$28kHighest 21% below OK

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $954±$116Highest 6% below OK $718±$55Lowest 29% below OK

Property taxmedian, yearly $645Lowest 60% below OK $891Highest 44% below OK

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 32%±13.1Highest OK: 46.3% 29.1%±12.3Lowest OK: 46.3%

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

Below poverty line 15.5%Lowest OK: 15.3% 18%Highest OK: 15.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 66.5%Lowest OK: 65.8% 67.3%Highest OK: 65.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1973Lowest 7 yrs older than OK 1986Highest 6 yrs newer than OK

Getting to work

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

Work from home 3.4%±2.1Lowest OK: 9.4% 5.9%±3.7Highest OK: 9.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 23.6%Highest 5.7%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 24.3 miHighest 23.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.08Highest 0.75Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Ardmore (9%)Oklahoma City (34%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 11.8%Highest 8.8%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 1.1 miHighest 0.6 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 55.9Highest 9.3Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #26 of 128 in OK #111 of 128 in OK

School district OKLAHOMA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF · SULPHURMCLOUD

High school in town Sulphur HSMcLoud HS

Students per teacherat that high school 20.0Highest 14.8Lowest

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

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

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.

Sulphur vs McLoud

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

Sulphur places higher on 12 of 21 OK lists

A typical home costs $380 more a month in McLoud

What daily life feels like in each

63 miles apart

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