Best PlacesAvant, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Avant, 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.
Avant ranks 17,694th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on state finances, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Avant
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.
Avant's strengths and weaknesses
Where Avant ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- QuietBetter than 87% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 85% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 83% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 81% of towns
Where Avant ranks low
- School gradeD+, better than only 10% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 16% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
- Short commute32.8 minutes each way, better than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Avant
A household needs to earn about $67,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Avant home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $87,720, 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 Avant's effective rate of 0.68%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Avant
Avant runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Avant.
Who works in Avant, and how
Work in Avant centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Avant
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Avant.
What the weather is like in Avant, month by month
Avant sees roughly 71 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 40° | 32° |
| April | 76° | 63° | 53° |
| July | 95° | 84° | 75° |
| October | 78° | 65° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Avant
The nearest airport, Tulsa International, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 211 miles away.
The best schools in and around Avant
Schools across Avant average a D+, better than 10% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Skiatook EsC+ · 38% proficient
- Caney Valley EsD · 20% proficient
- Avant Public SchoolD− · 12% proficient
Top middle schools
- Newman MsC− · 28% proficient
- Caney Valley MsD− · 14% proficient
Top high schools
- Skiatook HsD+ · 25% proficient
- Wynona HsD+ · 25% proficient
- Caney Valley HsD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Avant school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Avant 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 Avant against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Avant
Is Avant a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Avant ranks 17,694th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, quiet, and a strong job market, and lowest on the schools and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Avant expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $258,930. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $87,720 median income, cost of living beats 83% of towns.
Is Avant safe?
Yes, Avant is safer than 73% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $291 per resident a year.
Compare Avant with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Avant. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Avant 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.
Avant detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Avant: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Avant: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Avant: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Avant: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Avant 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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