Best PlacesArdmore, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ardmore, 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.
Ardmore ranks 1,790th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Ardmore
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.
Ardmore's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ardmore ranks high
- Short commute17.9 minutes each way, better than 94% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 93% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 91% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than 74% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 66% of cities
Where Ardmore ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 4% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than only 7% of cities
- School gradeD, better than only 8% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than only 9% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Ardmore
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ardmore home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $62,777, 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 Ardmore's effective rate of 0.69%, 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 Ardmore
Ardmore runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ardmore.
Who works in Ardmore, and how
Work in Ardmore centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Ardmore
Ardmore has more restaurants and bars per resident than 87% of cities and more parkland per resident than 84% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Ardmore and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Ardmore, month by month
Ardmore sees roughly 106 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 54, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54° | 42° | 32° |
| April | 74° | 62° | 52° |
| July | 94° | 83° | 73° |
| October | 77° | 64° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Ardmore
The nearest airport, Lawton-Fort Sill Regional, is about 78 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 88 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ardmore
Schools across Ardmore average a D, better than 8% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Plainview Intermediate EsB+ · 51% proficient
- Dickson Upper EsC− · 27% proficient
- Charles Evans EsD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Plainview MsB− · 41% proficient
- Lone Grove MsD · 21% proficient
- Dickson MsD− · 14% proficient
Top high schools
- Plainview HsC+ · 40% proficient
- Lone Grove HsC · 33% proficient
- Springer HsD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ardmore school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ardmore 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 Ardmore against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Ardmore suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 5% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Ardmore
Is Ardmore a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ardmore ranks 1,790th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on short commutes, state finances, and fast internet, and lowest on health outcomes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ardmore expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $177,596. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $62,777 median income, cost of living beats 31% of cities.
Is Ardmore safe?
Ardmore is safer than 30% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $494 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Ardmore?
July highs average about 94 degrees, and January highs near 54 with lows near 32. That works out to about 106 pleasant days a year, more than 63% of cities.
Is Ardmore good for families?
Schools beat 8% of cities, crime safety beats 30%, and childcare runs $928 a month.
Compare Ardmore with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ardmore. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ardmore 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.
Ardmore detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ardmore: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ardmore: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ardmore: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ardmore: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ardmore 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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