Mannford makes Oklahoma’s top 10 on 2 lists
Mannford is ranked on 38 lists against the 134 Oklahoma towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 2 and the top quarter on 9.
More vacation homes than 98% of Oklahoma
Not better or worse, just Mannford’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Mannford does best on
Each list ranks every OK town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Mannford marked.
1 spot from the top 25 for health
Lists where Mannford sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Mannford lands in the top half on 19 of 25 lists
Each dot is Mannford’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in OK, the right end is last. Areas where Mannford does best come first.
Mannford out-ranks every neighbor it can be compared with
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.
Where Mannford 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.
Safety
Safest#1 Elgin · 1.4
#8 Health
Healthiest#1 Nichols Hills · 92 / 100
#26
Lowest obesity#1 Nichols Hills · 31%
#21
Fewest smokers#1 Nichols Hills · 8%
#36
Most active#1 Nichols Hills · 19%
#21
Fewest uninsured#1 Nichols Hills · 5%
#14
Lowest depression#1 Hinton · 19%
#43
Closest to a top hospital#1 Cushing · 0.3 mi
#76 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Longtown · 27.4%
#3
Most new homes#1 Newcastle · 19.4 per 1,000
#30
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Checotah · +94.9%
#10
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Guymon · 41.2 per home
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Kingfisher · 15.6 per resident
#19
Most library borrowing#1 Kingfisher · 14.9 per resident
#20
Best libraries for kids#1 Stillwater · 22.8 per child
#15 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 McAlester · 32.2%
#48
Most trails#1 Perkins · 1.7 mi / sq mi
#28
Most walkable#1 Mangum · 179 / sq mi
#109 People
Most educated#1 Nichols Hills · 72.6%
#67
Youngest#1 Stillwater · 23.9
#108
Oldest#1 Longtown · 59.8
#26
Most residents 65+#1 Longtown · 40.9%
#64
Most kids#1 Perkins · 38.9%
#66 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Turley · 0.8 yrs
#77
Cheapest rent#1 Pawhuska · $554/mo
#61
Lowest property tax#1 Wewoka · $382/yr
#75
Rent easiest to afford#1 Jenks · 29.2%
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Altus · 11.1 min
#131 
The number on the right is Mannford’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.