Seminole makes Oklahoma’s top 10 on 2 lists
Seminole is ranked on 39 lists against the 134 Oklahoma towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 2 and the top quarter on 7.
The lists Seminole does best on
Each list ranks every OK town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Seminole marked.
Seminole lands in the top half on 10 of 26 lists
Each dot is Seminole’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in OK, the right end is last. Areas where Seminole does best come first.
Younger than 83% of Oklahoma
Not better or worse, just Seminole’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
1 spot from the top 10 for library visits
Lists where Seminole sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Where Seminole 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.
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Longtown · 27.4%
#84
Most new homes#1 Newcastle · 19.4 per 1,000
#9
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Checotah · +94.9%
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Guymon · 41.2 per home
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Altus · 11.1 min
#21 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Turley · 0.8 yrs
#23
Cheapest rent#1 Pawhuska · $554/mo
#23
Lowest property tax#1 Wewoka · $382/yr
#36
Rent easiest to afford#1 Jenks · 29.2%
#30 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Kingfisher · 15.6 per resident
#11
Most library borrowing#1 Kingfisher · 14.9 per resident
#13
Best libraries for kids#1 Stillwater · 22.8 per child
#18 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 McAlester · 32.2%
#44
Most trails#1 Perkins · 1.7 mi / sq mi
#70
Most walkable#1 Mangum · 179 / sq mi
#100 Health
Healthiest#1 Nichols Hills · 92 / 100
#124
Lowest obesity#1 Nichols Hills · 31%
#121
Fewest smokers#1 Nichols Hills · 8%
#124
Most active#1 Nichols Hills · 19%
#116
Fewest uninsured#1 Nichols Hills · 5%
#99
Lowest depression#1 Hinton · 19%
#134
Closest to a top hospital#1 Oklahoma City · 0.0 mi
#92 Safety
Safest#1 Elgin · 1.4
#96 
The number on the right is Seminole’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.