Best PlacesAmorita, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Amorita, 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.
Amorita ranks 25,522nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Amorita
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.
Amorita's strengths and weaknesses
Where Amorita ranks high
- Short commute14.5 minutes each way, better than 98% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 87% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 87% of towns
Where Amorita ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 6% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Amorita
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Amorita home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,375, 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 Amorita's effective rate of 0.49%, 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 Amorita
Amorita runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Amorita.
Who works in Amorita, and how
Work in Amorita centers on agriculture & forestry and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Amorita
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Amorita.
What the weather is like in Amorita, month by month
Amorita sees roughly 109 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 35° | 26° |
| April | 73° | 58° | 46° |
| July | 97° | 83° | 71° |
| October | 76° | 61° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Amorita
The nearest airport, Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower Ntl, is about 68 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 253 miles away.
The best schools in and around Amorita
Schools across Amorita average a C, better than 41% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Burlington EsB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Burlington HsD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Amorita school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Amorita 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 Amorita against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Amorita
Is Amorita a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Amorita ranks 25,522nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, a stable housing market, and state finances, and lowest on a weak job market and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Amorita expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $165,000. The overall cost of living runs about 28% below the national average. Set against a $79,375 median income, cost of living beats 87% of towns.
Is Amorita safe?
Amorita is safer than 26% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $482 per resident a year.
Compare Amorita with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Amorita. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Amorita 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.
Amorita detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Amorita: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Amorita: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Amorita: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Amorita: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Amorita 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.