Perkins is #1 in Oklahoma for trails
Perkins is ranked on 36 lists against the 134 Oklahoma towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 3 and the top quarter on 9.
Perkins is on Oklahoma’s podium 2 times
Each list ranks every OK town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Perkins marked.
More kids than 100% of Oklahoma
Not better or worse, just Perkins’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
1 spot from the top 10 for kids’ library use
Lists where Perkins sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Perkins lands in the top half on 15 of 23 lists
Each dot is Perkins’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in OK, the right end is last. Areas where Perkins does best come first.
Where Perkins 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.
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 McAlester · 32.2%
#18
Most trails#1 Perkins · 1.7 mi / sq mi
#1
Most walkable#1 Mangum · 179 / sq mi
#38 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Kingfisher · 15.6 per resident
#2
Most library borrowing#1 Kingfisher · 14.9 per resident
#7
Best libraries for kids#1 Stillwater · 22.8 per child
#11 Safety
Safest#1 Elgin · 1.4
#22 
Health
Healthiest#1 Nichols Hills · 92 / 100
#71
Lowest obesity#1 Nichols Hills · 31%
#33
Fewest smokers#1 Nichols Hills · 8%
#72
Most active#1 Nichols Hills · 19%
#55
Fewest uninsured#1 Nichols Hills · 5%
#47
Lowest depression#1 Hinton · 19%
#84
Closest to a top hospital#1 Cushing · 0.3 mi
#40 
People
Most educated#1 Nichols Hills · 72.6%
#57
Youngest#1 Stillwater · 23.9
#2
Oldest#1 Longtown · 59.8
#133
Most residents 65+#1 Longtown · 40.9%
#99
Most kids#1 Perkins · 38.9%
#1 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Altus · 11.1 min
#68 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Turley · 0.8 yrs
#87
Cheapest rent#1 Pawhuska · $554/mo
#52
Lowest property tax#1 Wewoka · $382/yr
#91
Rent easiest to afford#1 Jenks · 29.2%
Climate
Snowiest#1 Woodward · 15 in
#64
Least snow#1 Frederick · 1.2 in
#63
Mildest winters#1 Calera · 32.2°
#102
Hottest summers#1 Frederick · 97.0°
#45
Coolest summers#1 Stilwell · 90.5°
#97
Longest growing season#1 Hugo · 244 days
#67
Wettest#1 Broken Bow · 54 in
#90 
The number on the right is Perkins’s spot. All of Oklahoma’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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The lists count what can be counted. Neighbors know the rest.
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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.