Marlow makes Oklahoma’s top 10 on 2 lists
Marlow 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 4.
The lists Marlow does best on
Each list ranks every OK town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Marlow marked.
Marlow lands in the top half on 14 of 24 lists
Each dot is Marlow’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in OK, the right end is last. Areas where Marlow does best come first.
Longer growing season than 94% of Oklahoma
Not better or worse, just Marlow’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
1 spot from the top 25 for health insurance
Lists where Marlow sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Marlow 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.
Every OK list, and where Marlow 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
#54
Lowest obesity#1 Nichols Hills · 31%
#21
Fewest smokers#1 Nichols Hills · 8%
#52
Most active#1 Nichols Hills · 19%
#55
Fewest uninsured#1 Nichols Hills · 5%
#26
Lowest depression#1 Hinton · 19%
#43
Closest to a top hospital#1 Cushing · 0.3 mi
#120 Safety
Safest#1 Elgin · 1.4
#37 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Turley · 0.8 yrs
#53
Cheapest rent#1 Pawhuska · $554/mo
#76
Lowest property tax#1 Wewoka · $382/yr
#54
Rent easiest to afford#1 Jenks · 29.2%
People
Most educated#1 Nichols Hills · 72.6%
#59
Youngest#1 Stillwater · 23.9
#47
Oldest#1 Longtown · 59.8
#90
Most residents 65+#1 Longtown · 40.9%
#62
Most kids#1 Perkins · 38.9%
#30 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 McAlester · 32.2%
#64
Most trails#1 Perkins · 1.7 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Mangum · 179 / sq mi
#84 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Kingfisher · 15.6 per resident
#43
Most library borrowing#1 Kingfisher · 14.9 per resident
#31
Best libraries for kids#1 Stillwater · 22.8 per child
#42 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Altus · 11.1 min
#83 
The number on the right is Marlow’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.