Best PlacesAda, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ada, 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.
Ada ranks 32,019th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Ada
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.
Ada's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ada ranks high
- Short commute15.2 minutes each way, better than 97% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 93% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- BikingBetter than 87% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 84% of towns
Where Ada ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 12% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 16% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 17% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ada
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ada home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,012, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
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 Ada's effective rate of 0.64%, 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.
Who lives in Ada
Ada runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ada.
Who works in Ada, and how
Work in Ada centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Ada
Ada has more restaurants and bars per resident than 82% of towns and more parkland per resident than 92% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Ada and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Ada, month by month
Ada sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 40° | 32° |
| April | 73° | 61° | 51° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 72° |
| October | 76° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Ada
The nearest airport, Okc Will Rogers International, is about 68 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 131 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ada
Schools across Ada average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Homer EsB · 49% proficient
- Latta EsC+ · 38% proficient
- Stonewall EsC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Byng JhsC− · 27% proficient
- Latta MsD+ · 25% proficient
- Willard EsD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ada school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ada 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 Ada against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Ada suits
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Ada
Is Ada a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ada ranks 32,019th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, walkability, and state finances, and lowest on state infrastructure and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ada expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $177,605. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $63,012 median income, cost of living beats 44% of towns.
Is Ada safe?
Ada is safer than 27% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $533 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Ada?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 52 with lows near 32. That works out to about 66 pleasant days a year, more than 18% of towns.
Is Ada good for families?
Schools beat 16% of towns, crime safety beats 27%, and childcare runs $911 a month.
Compare Ada with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ada. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ada 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.
Ada detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ada: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ada: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ada: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ada: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ada detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- 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.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.