Best PlacesBarnsdall, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Barnsdall, 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.
Barnsdall ranks 35,040th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The schools pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state finances.
The best neighborhoods in Barnsdall
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.
Barnsdall's strengths and weaknesses
Where Barnsdall ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 87% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 86% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- BikingBetter than 84% of towns
Where Barnsdall ranks low
- School gradeD−, better than only 5% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 14% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Barnsdall
A household needs to earn about $26,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Barnsdall home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $57,173, 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 Barnsdall's effective rate of 0.55%, 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 Barnsdall
Barnsdall runs younger than the country, 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 Barnsdall.
Who works in Barnsdall, and how
Work in Barnsdall centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Barnsdall
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Barnsdall.
What the weather is like in Barnsdall, month by month
Barnsdall sees roughly 84 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 35° | 25° |
| April | 73° | 59° | 46° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 70° |
| October | 75° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Barnsdall
The nearest airport, Tulsa International, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 205 miles away.
The best schools in and around Barnsdall
Schools across Barnsdall average a D−, better than 5% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Caney Valley EsD · 20% proficient
- Barnsdall EsD · 19% proficient
- Pawhuska EsD− · 12% proficient
Top middle schools
- Central MsC · 31% proficient
- Caney Valley MsD− · 14% proficient
Top high schools
- Bartlesville HsC+ · 39% 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 Barnsdall school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Barnsdall 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 Barnsdall against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Barnsdall
Is Barnsdall a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Barnsdall ranks 35,040th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, cell coverage, and walkability, and lowest on the schools and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Barnsdall expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $101,808. The overall cost of living runs about 27% below the national average. Set against a $57,173 median income, cost of living beats 38% of towns.
Is Barnsdall safe?
Barnsdall is safer than 22% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $576 per resident a year.
Compare Barnsdall with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Barnsdall. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Barnsdall 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.
Barnsdall detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Barnsdall: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Barnsdall: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Barnsdall: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Barnsdall: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Barnsdall 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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