Purcell ranks #10 in Oklahoma for graduation rate
Purcell is ranked on 35 lists against the 134 Oklahoma towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 3.
The lists Purcell does best on
Each list ranks every OK town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Purcell marked.
Purcell lands in the top half on 15 of 22 lists
Each dot is Purcell’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in OK, the right end is last. Areas where Purcell does best come first.
Fewer homes per newcomer than 90% of Oklahoma
Not better or worse, just Purcell’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
2 spots from the top 25 for growth
Lists where Purcell sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Purcell out-ranks 1 of its 2 ranked neighbors
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 Purcell 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.
Health
Healthiest#1 Nichols Hills · 92 / 100
#52
Lowest obesity#1 Nichols Hills · 31%
#50
Fewest smokers#1 Nichols Hills · 8%
#36
Most active#1 Nichols Hills · 19%
#55
Fewest uninsured#1 Nichols Hills · 5%
#84
Lowest depression#1 Hinton · 19%
#16
Closest to a top hospital#1 Cushing · 0.3 mi
#85 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Altus · 11.1 min
#46 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 McAlester · 32.2%
#61
Most trails#1 Perkins · 1.7 mi / sq mi
#29
Most walkable#1 Mangum · 179 / sq mi
#110 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Longtown · 27.4%
#114
Most new homes#1 Newcastle · 19.4 per 1,000
#59
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Checotah · +94.9%
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Guymon · 41.2 per home
#6 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Turley · 0.8 yrs
#86
Cheapest rent#1 Pawhuska · $554/mo
#65
Lowest property tax#1 Wewoka · $382/yr
#89
Rent easiest to afford#1 Jenks · 29.2%
People
Most educated#1 Nichols Hills · 72.6%
#79
Youngest#1 Stillwater · 23.9
#49
Oldest#1 Longtown · 59.8
#86
Most residents 65+#1 Longtown · 40.9%
#52
Most kids#1 Perkins · 38.9%
#27 Safety
Safest#1 Elgin · 1.4
#94 
The number on the right is Purcell’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.