Broken Arrow makes Oklahoma’s top 10 on 3 lists
Broken Arrow is ranked on 37 lists against the 134 Oklahoma towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 3 and the top quarter on 14.
More snow than 96% of Oklahoma
Not better or worse, just Broken Arrow’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Broken Arrow does best on
Each list ranks every OK town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Broken Arrow marked.
3 spots from the top 3 for low obesity
Lists where Broken Arrow sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Broken Arrow lands in the top half on 16 of 23 lists
Each dot is Broken Arrow’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in OK, the right end is last. Areas where Broken Arrow does best come first.
Broken Arrow out-ranks 2 of its 3 ranked neighbors
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
Every OK list, and where Broken Arrow lands
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Health
Healthiest#1 Nichols Hills · 92 / 100
#9
Lowest obesity#1 Nichols Hills · 31%
#6
Fewest smokers#1 Nichols Hills · 8%
#6
Most active#1 Nichols Hills · 19%
#16
Fewest uninsured#1 Nichols Hills · 5%
#14
Lowest depression#1 Hinton · 19%
#84
Closest to a top hospital#1 Cushing · 0.3 mi
#17 People
Most educated#1 Nichols Hills · 72.6%
#13
Youngest#1 Stillwater · 23.9
#82
Oldest#1 Longtown · 59.8
#51
Most residents 65+#1 Longtown · 40.9%
#65
Most kids#1 Perkins · 38.9%
#60 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Longtown · 27.4%
#62
Most new homes#1 Newcastle · 19.4 per 1,000
#16
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Checotah · +94.9%
#25
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Guymon · 41.2 per home
#19 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 McAlester · 32.2%
#71
Most trails#1 Perkins · 1.7 mi / sq mi
#13
Most walkable#1 Mangum · 179 / sq mi
#30 Safety
Safest#1 Elgin · 1.4
#38 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Altus · 11.1 min
#73 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Turley · 0.8 yrs
#124
Cheapest rent#1 Pawhuska · $554/mo
#125
Lowest property tax#1 Wewoka · $382/yr
#125
Rent easiest to afford#1 Jenks · 29.2%
#13 
The number on the right is Broken Arrow’s spot. All of Oklahoma’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every OK list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.