Moving to Pryor: Pros, Cons & What to Know
Moving to Pryor means moving to the real Mayes County seat anchored by MidAmerica Industrial Park -- a genuinely singular, current industrial and tech employment base weighed honestly against a real, disclosed elevated crime profile.
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Learn moreA wholly singular economic anchor
MidAmerica Industrial Park is Oklahoma's own largest industrial park, the third-largest in the United States, and the eighth-largest in the world -- providing approximately 4,500 jobs across more than 80 firms, including five Fortune 500 companies, and home to the world's second-largest Google Data Center (base record).
A real, current, substantial Google investment
On August 13, 2025, Google announced a real, current additional $9 billion investment over the following two years, spread across the existing MAIP data center and new Oklahoma facilities including Stillwater -- a genuine, current signal of continued institutional confidence in the Pryor area (base record).
A real, disclosed and genuinely elevated crime profile
Pryor runs safer than only approximately 15% of Oklahoma cities and approximately 17% of US cities per CrimeGrade-style data -- a real, significant, disclosed finding worth weighing directly before relocating (base record).
A low, disclosed property tax rate
Pryor's own median effective property tax rate ran a real, disclosed 0.65% -- genuinely below both the national median and Oklahoma's own statewide median (base record).
Key takeaways
- MidAmerica Industrial Park anchors Pryor's economy with ~4,500 jobs and the world's 2nd-largest Google Data Center.
- Google announced an additional $9 billion Oklahoma investment in August 2025, spanning MAIP and other sites.
- Pryor's crime profile runs genuinely elevated -- research it directly and honestly before relocating.
- Pryor's property tax rate (0.65%) runs below both national and Oklahoma statewide medians.
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