Who lives in Moore, Oklahoma
Oklahoma · South · 63K residents · Suburban
Key signals
vs. national baselineWho they are
Moore is a suburb of about 62,685 people strung along Interstate 35 between Oklahoma City and Norman, the kind of middle-class bedroom community where most paychecks come from the metro's hospitals, schools, retail, and the federal payroll at nearby Tinker. The age curve skews young for a settled suburb, with the 25 to 34 band carrying roughly a quarter of adults against about a fifth nationally and a mean age a little under the country's, the profile of young families buying their first homes on a commuter's budget.
The defining trait sits in how they hedge against catastrophe. Around 51% carry adequate insurance coverage versus about 41% across the country, a reflex that is hard to read as anything but a response to the place itself. Moore took a direct hit from the 1999 and 2013 tornadoes, the second an EF5 that leveled some 1,100 homes, and afterward became the first city in the nation to mandate storm-resistant building codes. Faith runs deep alongside that caution: close to 47% identify as evangelical, nearly double the national share, the religious bedrock of this stretch of Oklahoma.
Gender split
vs. national baselineAge distribution
audience % · vs. national baselineHow they think
Personality in Moore reads close to the national baseline across the board, with openness and social energy each a point or two on the quieter side and a calm, even temperament that holds steady in a town that lives under storm season. The interesting distance is not in the traits themselves but in how this audience converts caution into action rather than anxiety.
They decide at roughly the national pace with a slight bias toward moving quickly, and their tolerance for risk sits squarely in the middle. Put those next to the insurance habit and a clear picture emerges: people who will commit, and commit promptly, once they can see the floor beneath a decision.
Decision psychology
audience % · vs. national baselineDecision speed
Moore decides at very close to the national pace, with a slight lean toward acting fast and a thinner slice that stalls out weighing options. For a household that insures carefully and prepares for the worst, that readiness to move is worth noting. Manufactured urgency and ticking-clock scarcity will ring hollow here. Lead instead with clear proof and a plain comparison so the quick deciders have something solid to act on.
Appetite for risk tracks the country almost exactly, sitting in a comfortable middle with a small tilt toward the upper end. Set against how seriously these households take coverage and contingency, that balance says they will accept a real upside when the downside is bounded. Novelty and big swings need a floor under them, a guarantee or an easy way out, before they earn attention. Frame the reward, then show what protects them if it goes sideways.
Risk tolerance
Personality fingerprint
Big Five (OCEAN) · 0–50–100 scaleAudience score on each Big Five axis. Dashed outline = national average.
Curiosity here sits a hair under the national line, which makes Moore a place that warms to the tested before the brand new. Residents will try something different once it has a track record, but the first mover is rarely them. Pitch what works and who it has worked for, not what is bleeding edge.
Follow-through and planning land right where most of the country sits, so this is a town that keeps its commitments without making a show of discipline. People will do the responsible thing when the path is clear and the deadline is real. Spell out the steps and the timing rather than leaning on willpower or aspiration.
Social energy runs slightly quiet, the steady register of a commuter suburb where evenings belong to the household more than the scene. These are people reachable at the kitchen table, not the crowd. Warm, one-to-one framing carries further than anything built around buzz or being seen.
Goodwill toward others sits a touch above the middle, the easy neighborliness of a town that has leaned on each other through bad weather more than once. Trust is extended readily, and good faith is repaid. Straight talk and a fair deal land better than hard pressure.
Emotional weather here holds steady, near the calm end of the national range, which is notable for a place that lives under the threat of storms half the year. Worry gets channeled into preparation rather than spilling into daily life. Messages that reassure and equip will outperform anything that plays on fear.
What they care about
This is a practical-minded audience that puts little weight on the ethics-and-environment side of consumption. About 41% report no ethical-purchasing behavior at all and roughly 36% count themselves unconcerned with environmental priorities, both running well above the national share. Causes and green credentials are not what move this town.
Preference for local business and trust in big companies both sit near the national middle, so neither a small-shop nor an anti-corporate appeal carries special charge here. Value gets judged on price and reliability, the way a household watching a mortgage and a tornado deductible tends to judge it.
Environmental priority
how much they prioritize sustainability when buying
Corporate skepticism
distrust of big-company motives and messaging
Local business preference
bias toward small/local over national chains
Ethical consumption
whether they actually act on ethical buying preferences
How to reach them
Reach in Moore runs through Facebook above all, which holds a slightly larger share of primary attention here than nationally and fits an older-skewing, family-centered suburb. Instagram and LinkedIn both sit a little under the national draw, and Reddit a little over, but Facebook is the front door.
Content appetite splits evenly between short video, long video, and mixed formats, with no strong pull toward any single one. Meet them on Facebook with practical, straightforward messaging and let the format follow the platform rather than forcing a trend.
Where attention lives
social platformFormat mix
content formatHow they spend
Spending is steady and priced-checked. Price leads purchase motivation a bit more than nationally, and buying frequency tracks the country, the rhythm of regular household restocking rather than splurge or scarcity. The standout is on the savings side, where the reliable middle is fuller than average: the sporadic and regular savers both run above the national share while the outright non-savers run below.
That fits the rest of the picture, a town that keeps a cushion because it has learned the value of one. Good credit is common, with about 54% in the good tier against roughly 47% nationally. These are households that manage money to be ready, not to chase a return.
Purchase motivation
Purchase frequency
Savings behavior
How they live
Health here is a matter of awareness more than devotion. Close to 48% land in the aware tier on health consciousness, above the national share, while the obsessive end thins out to a fraction of the norm, the posture of people who pay attention without organizing life around the gym. Healthcare style leans reactive: about 40% deal with problems as they come up rather than chasing prevention, again above the national rate.
On the mind, Moore is a touch more willing to talk than the country at large, with the most private slice running below national and the open slice above. Mental wellness is not a closed subject in these households, which gives plain, unsentimental messaging on the topic room to land.
Health consciousness
audience % · vs. national baselineMental wellness openness
audience % · vs. national baselineHow this profile was built
This profile draws on a population of 10M+ statistically modeled U.S. adults, calibrated against Census ACS data, BLS employment statistics, CDC BRFSS (N>400K), and peer-reviewed personality and consumer research. The traits most distinctive to Moore, Oklahoma (insurance orientation, health consciousness, and healthcare style) are primarily derived from the peer-reviewed and federal sources listed below.
References
- 1.U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey — Demographic Tables (B01001, B15003, B19001, B23025, C24050)
- 2.Bureau of Labor Statistics. Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics / Current Employment Statistics
- 3.Bureau of Labor Statistics (2024). Consumer Expenditure Surveys
- 4.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) (N=400,000)
- 5.Pew Research Center (2016). Technology Adoption by Baby Boomers (and Everybody Else) (N=1,520)
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