Owasso makes Oklahoma’s top 10 on 8 lists
Owasso is ranked on 37 lists against the 134 Oklahoma towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 8 and the top quarter on 15.
More snow than 96% of Oklahoma
Not better or worse, just Owasso’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Owasso does best on
Each list ranks every OK town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Owasso marked.
1 spot from the top 10 for walkable streets
Lists where Owasso sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Owasso lands in the top half on 17 of 23 lists
Each dot is Owasso’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in OK, the right end is last. Areas where Owasso does best come first.
Owasso 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 Owasso 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
#7
Lowest obesity#1 Nichols Hills · 31%
#6
Fewest smokers#1 Nichols Hills · 8%
#6
Most active#1 Nichols Hills · 19%
#9
Fewest uninsured#1 Nichols Hills · 5%
#14
Lowest depression#1 Hinton · 19%
#106
Closest to a top hospital#1 Cushing · 0.3 mi
#6 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Longtown · 27.4%
#97
Most new homes#1 Newcastle · 19.4 per 1,000
#8
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Checotah · +94.9%
#21
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Guymon · 41.2 per home
#16 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 McAlester · 32.2%
#92
Most trails#1 Perkins · 1.7 mi / sq mi
#12
Most walkable#1 Mangum · 179 / sq mi
#11 People
Most educated#1 Nichols Hills · 72.6%
#16
Youngest#1 Stillwater · 23.9
#31
Oldest#1 Longtown · 59.8
#102
Most residents 65+#1 Longtown · 40.9%
#114
Most kids#1 Perkins · 38.9%
#43 
Safety
Safest#1 Elgin · 1.4
#30 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Altus · 11.1 min
#69 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Turley · 0.8 yrs
#121
Cheapest rent#1 Pawhuska · $554/mo
#122
Lowest property tax#1 Wewoka · $382/yr
#118
Rent easiest to afford#1 Jenks · 29.2%
#18 
The number on the right is Owasso’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.