Best PlacesAdair, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Adair, 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.
Adair ranks 31,463rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on state finances, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Adair
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.
Adair's strengths and weaknesses
Where Adair ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 83% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 81% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 76% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 67% of towns
Where Adair ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 14% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 15% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Adair
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Adair home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,190, 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 Adair's effective rate of 0.63%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Adair
Adair runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Adair.
Who works in Adair, and how
Work in Adair centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Adair
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Adair.
What the weather is like in Adair, month by month
Adair sees roughly 91 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.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 36° | 28° |
| April | 71° | 59° | 48° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 74° | 61° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Adair
The nearest airport, Tulsa International, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 201 miles away.
The best schools in and around Adair
Schools across Adair average a C, better than 37% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bernita Hughes EsB− · 42% proficient
- Roosevelt EsC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Adair school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Adair 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 Adair against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Adair
Is Adair a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Adair ranks 31,463rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, a strong job market, and cell coverage, and lowest on state infrastructure and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Adair expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $225,322. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $73,190 median income, cost of living beats 58% of towns.
Is Adair safe?
Adair is safer than 29% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $513 per resident a year.
Compare Adair with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Adair. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Adair 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.
Adair detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Adair: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Adair: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Adair: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Adair: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Adair 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
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