Best Places74017, OK Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 74017, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.

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74017 ranks 20,029th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. State infrastructure pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state finances.

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The best neighborhoods in 74017

Map of the best neighborhoods in the 74017 area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.

74017's strengths and weaknesses

Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare 74017 with other zip codes.

Where 74017 ranks high

  • State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of zip codes
  • Cell coverageBetter than 77% of zip codes
  • Internet speedBetter than 76% of zip codes
  • Low vacancyBetter than 68% of zip codes
  • WalkabilityBetter than 67% of zip codes

Where 74017 ranks low

  • State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of zip codes
  • QuietBetter than only 12% of zip codes
  • School gradeC−, better than only 20% of zip codes
  • Air qualityBetter than only 21% of zip codes
  • Heat safetyBetter than only 23% of zip codes

What it costs to buy a home in 74017

A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 74017 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,335, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.

Income to buy the median home
$52,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$1,212
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $202,189 home
Median rent
$1,057
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$1,031
Property tax$113
Homeowners insurance$67

Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses 74017's effective rate of 0.67%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.

Renting versus buying

At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.

Cumulative cost of renting versus owning the median home, first 10 years. Illustrative estimate.

Who lives in 74017

74017's age mix sits close to the national median.

Median age
40
about the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
19%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.5
near the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1822%
18 to 3423%
35 to 4918%
50 to 6418%
65 and older19%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 74017.


Who works in 74017, and how

Work in 74017 centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.

Work from home
11%
below the national average
Unemployment
4.2%
below the national average
Job growth
+1.6%
/y 2019-2023, slower than the national pace

Largest industries

Health care & social12%
Manufacturing12%
Retail trade12%
Construction8%
Education8%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 86%
  • Work from home 11%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 4%

Life in 74017

74017 has more parkland per resident than 93% of zip codes. That concentrates in some parts of 74017 and thins out in others, which the map shows.

Places to eat and drink
107
restaurants, bars, and fast food, about 36.7 per 10,000 residents, more than 54% of zip codes
Coffee shops
21
about 7.2 per 10,000 residents, more than 77% of zip codes
Parkland
411 acres
about 14.1 acres per 1,000 residents, more than 93% of zip codes
Living on campus
604
students living in college or university housing

What the weather is like in 74017, month by month

74017 sees roughly 95 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January48°36°28°
April71°59°48°
July91°80°70°
October74°61°51°

Flying in and out of 74017

The nearest airport, Tulsa International, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 210 miles away.

Nearest airport
TUL
Tulsa International, about 19 miles
Airport size
Small hub
84th-busiest in the US, 50 nonstop destinations
Average drive
27 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around 74017

Schools across 74017 average a C−, better than 20% of zip codes.

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Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 74017 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


74017 measure by measure

Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare 74017 against the other 33,109 zip codes.


Who 74017 suits

Families

Schools land around the 20th percentile and crime safety beats 57%.

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Remote workers

Internet is fast and widely advertised and 11% already work from home.

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Retirees

The weather beats 60% of zip codes.

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Common questions about living in 74017

Is 74017 a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 74017 ranks 20,029th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on state finances, cell coverage, and fast internet, and lowest on state infrastructure and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is 74017 expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $202,189. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $68,335 median income, cost of living beats 54% of zip codes.

Is 74017 safe?

Yes, 74017 is safer than 57% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $386 per resident a year.

What is the weather like in 74017?

July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 48 with lows near 28. That works out to about 95 pleasant days a year, more than 60% of zip codes.

Is 74017 good for families?

Schools beat 20% of zip codes, crime safety beats 57%, and childcare runs $961 a month.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 74017. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 74017 represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.

74017 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for 74017: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in 74017: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of 74017: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in 74017: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

74017 detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
  2. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  3. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  4. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  5. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  6. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  7. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  8. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  9. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  10. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  11. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  12. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.