Best PlacesAmber, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Amber, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Amber ranks 24,912th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Air quality pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on cell coverage.
The best neighborhoods in Amber
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.
Amber's strengths and weaknesses
Where Amber ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 89% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 74% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 102 pleasant days a year, better than 70% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 69% of towns
Where Amber ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 10% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Amber
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Amber home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,722, 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 Amber's effective rate of 0.65%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Amber
Amber's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Amber.
Who works in Amber, and how
Work in Amber centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Amber
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Amber.
What the weather is like in Amber, month by month
Amber sees roughly 102 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 38° | 28° |
| April | 74° | 60° | 48° |
| July | 96° | 83° | 72° |
| October | 77° | 62° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Amber
The nearest airport, Okc Will Rogers International, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 164 miles away.
The best schools in and around Amber
Schools across Amber average a B−, better than 59% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Tuttle EsB+ · 55% proficient
- Amber-pocasset EsB+ · 52% proficient
- Middleberg Public SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Amber-pocasset MsB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Amber-pocasset HsC+ · 40% proficient
- Tuttle HsC+ · 37% proficient
- Dibble HsD− · 12% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Amber school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Amber 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 Amber against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Amber
Is Amber a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Amber ranks 24,912th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, state finances, and low crime, and lowest on air quality and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Amber expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $174,580. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $73,722 median income, cost of living beats 69% of towns.
Is Amber safe?
Yes, Amber is safer than 74% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $288 per resident a year.
Compare Amber with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Amber. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Amber 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.
Amber detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Amber: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Amber: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Amber: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Amber: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Amber 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.