McCordOK
1,553 residents make their home in this town in Oklahoma. Public schools that outperform most of Oklahoma.
Is McCord a good place to live?
McCord’s best subject grades are an A+ for schools and an A for cost of living; its weakest is a D for walkability. McCord’s age of the median resident is 53.1 years, against 36.2 years in Oklahoma’s towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. Only 10 of Oklahoma’s 227 towns score lower on walkability. No town in Oklahoma scores lower than McCord on the outdoors. McCord has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes McCord stand out
Where McCord beats most towns.
96% of working residents leave McCord for work
Where McCord’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How McCord grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Oklahoma), ordered by how far McCord is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to McCord: who provides what
McCord is unincorporated, so Osage County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in McCord.
Public schools in McCord beat 98% of Oklahoma districts
Its one school is below. McCord’s only public school teaches 294 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| McCord Public SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 294 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OK on state tests
Health in McCord trails 81% of U.S. towns
For adults in McCord, the share who worry about having enough food is 16%. Against the Oklahoma average, McCord comes out ahead on 3 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 6. In McCord, 46% of adults have obesity, and 14% binge drink. Only 5 of the 132 Oklahoma towns we compare have a higher share of adults who had a checkup this year than McCord.
| McCord | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 40% | 35% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 41% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 14% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 34% | 25% |
| What stands out | McCord | OK |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 13.4% | 16.4% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 79.8% | 76.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.8% | 7.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
McCord has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs based in McCord grew to 294 in 2023, 23 more than in 2013. Most working residents leave McCord for work: only 4% work in town. Its mean commuting time comes in at 17 minutes. Half of commuters travel less than 38 miles.
| McCord | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 17 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.5% | 22% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 18% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $83,000 | $55,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
McCord is older than the Oklahoma average
Among 132 Oklahoma towns, just 5 have a lower share of children under 18 than McCord. People 65 and older are 30% of residents (16% statewide); children under 18 are 15% of residents (24% statewide). A bachelor’s degree or higher: 22% of adults 25 and older, vs 28% across Oklahoma.
| McCord | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 15% | 25% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 22% | 20% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6.6 points. Across Oklahoma, 50.2% of residents are women.
| McCord | OK | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 6.4% | 12.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.7% | 11.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.1% | 9.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.4% | 13.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 6.5% | 13.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.9% | 11.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 18.5% | 11.9% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.8% | 9.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 17.7% | 6.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6% | 10.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31.3% | 30.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 27.5% | 22.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 14.3% | 18.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8% | 9.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,600, single groups can be off by several points
Top of a high hazard risk in McCord: inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 77% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Homes in McCord sell for about $273K
The rent at the middle of the market for McCord comes to $629 a month. Only 6 of the 132 Oklahoma towns we compare have a higher share of homes lived in by their owners than McCord.
| McCord | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 86% | 62% | 73% |
| Median rent | $629 a month | $873 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about McCord
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of McCord
About 5 of every 100 McCord residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Oklahoma.
About McCord
CDP in Oklahoma, United States
McCord is a census-designated place (CDP) in Osage County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, McCord had a population of 1,418.
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- Area
- 4.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,070 ft
Questions about McCord
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is McCord, OK a good place to live?
Public schools that outperform most of Oklahoma.
Is McCord, OK expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $202,000, 8% below the Oklahoma typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.