Checotah ranks #28 in Oklahoma for cheap rent
Checotah is ranked on 35 lists against the 134 Oklahoma towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 3.
Faster-rising prices than 100% of Oklahoma
Not better or worse, just Checotah’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Checotah does best on
Each list ranks every OK town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Checotah marked.
Checotah lands in the top half on 7 of 21 lists
Each dot is Checotah’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in OK, the right end is last. Areas where Checotah does best come first.
3 spots from the top 25 for cheap rent
Lists where Checotah sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Where Checotah lands in every OK ranking
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Turley · 0.8 yrs
#43
Cheapest rent#1 Pawhuska · $554/mo
#28
Lowest property tax#1 Wewoka · $382/yr
#29
Rent easiest to afford#1 Jenks · 29.2%
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Altus · 11.1 min
#31 Safety
Safest#1 Elgin · 1.4
#44 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Longtown · 27.4%
#13
Most new homes#1 Newcastle · 19.4 per 1,000
#77
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Checotah · +94.9%
#1
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Guymon · 41.2 per home
Health
Healthiest#1 Nichols Hills · 92 / 100
#123
Lowest obesity#1 Nichols Hills · 31%
#113
Fewest smokers#1 Nichols Hills · 8%
#115
Most active#1 Nichols Hills · 19%
#126
Fewest uninsured#1 Nichols Hills · 5%
#67
Lowest depression#1 Hinton · 19%
#106
Closest to a top hospital#1 Oklahoma City · 0.0 mi
#112 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 McAlester · 32.2%
#102
Most trails#1 Perkins · 1.7 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Mangum · 179 / sq mi
#104 People
Most educated#1 Nichols Hills · 72.6%
#123
Youngest#1 Stillwater · 23.9
#109
Oldest#1 Longtown · 59.8
#27
Most residents 65+#1 Longtown · 40.9%
#10
Most kids#1 Perkins · 38.9%
#116 
The number on the right is Checotah’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.