Best PlacesAqua Park, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Aqua Park, 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.
Aqua Park ranks 39,637th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Health outcomes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state finances.
The best neighborhoods in Aqua Park
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.
Aqua Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Aqua Park ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 86% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 69% of towns
- Short commute25.2 minutes each way, better than 61% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 61% of towns
Where Aqua Park ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 5% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 10% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Aqua Park
A household needs to earn about $33,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Aqua Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,974, 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 Aqua Park's effective rate of 0.42%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Aqua Park
Aqua Park runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Aqua Park.
Who works in Aqua Park, and how
Work in Aqua Park centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Aqua Park
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Aqua Park.
What the weather is like in Aqua Park, month by month
Aqua Park sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 39° | 30° |
| April | 73° | 60° | 50° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 72° |
| October | 77° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Aqua Park
The nearest airport, Fort Smith Regional, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 219 miles away.
The best schools in and around Aqua Park
Schools across Aqua Park average a D, better than 10% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Central EsD · 20% proficient
- Brushy Public SchoolD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sallisaw MsC− · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Sallisaw HsD+ · 25% proficient
- Vian HsD · 18% proficient
- Central HsD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Aqua Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Aqua Park 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 Aqua Park against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Aqua Park
Is Aqua Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Aqua Park ranks 39,637th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, low property taxes, and cell coverage, and lowest on health outcomes and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Aqua Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $133,644. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $58,974 median income, cost of living beats 31% of towns.
Is Aqua Park safe?
Aqua Park is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $380 per resident a year.
Compare Aqua Park with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Aqua Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Aqua Park 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.
Aqua Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Aqua Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Aqua Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Aqua Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Aqua Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Aqua Park 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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