Edmond
Edmond is where Oklahoma City keeps its valedictorians and its second mortgages. UCO sets the tempo, the school district sells the houses, and the roundabouts on Covell are a kind of civic personality test. Dates skew clean and well-lit: coffee on Broadway, a walk through Mitch Park, dinner somewhere with a wine list and a hostess stand. The tradeoff is the gloss, everyone is a little too rehearsed, the church-and-career filter runs deep, and authenticity costs more here than square footage. Bring a real job, a tidy car, and opinions you can defend in daylight. The Range Rovers are watching.
Edmond by the numbers
Edmond runs male-heavy, about 50% men to 50% women.
Median individual income in Edmond is about $50,200.
Oklahoma registers voters by party, and Oklahoma County is about 41% Republican to 33% Democratic, with a growing 24% independent bloc - the purplest county in a deep-red state.
The median renter in Edmond pays about $1,190 a month.
About 6,300 Edmond residents ages 22 to 50 are single.
Local date spots
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Frontier City
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The Patriarch Craft Beer House & Lawn
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Birdie's by Chef Kevin Lee
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Pepperoni Grill - Edmond
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MIO ITALIAN KITCHEN
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Boulevard Steakhouse
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Cafe 501
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The Frosted Mug Edmond
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Unplugged
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Sparrow Modern Italian
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Neighborhood Provisions
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Signature Grill
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Get Liq'd -Frozen Margaritas To Go
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Farmers Grain Kitchen + Cellar
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Blocworks Edmond
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University of Central Oklahoma Jazz Lab
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