Best PlacesBartlesville, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bartlesville, 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.
Bartlesville ranks 1,586th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Bartlesville
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.
Bartlesville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bartlesville ranks high
- Short commute18.0 minutes each way, better than 94% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 93% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 88% of cities
- QuietBetter than 82% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 71% of cities
Where Bartlesville ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 7% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than only 7% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than only 10% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than only 15% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Bartlesville
A household needs to earn about $48,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bartlesville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,715, 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 Bartlesville's effective rate of 0.93%, 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 Bartlesville
Bartlesville runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bartlesville.
Who works in Bartlesville, and how
Work in Bartlesville centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Bartlesville
Bartlesville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of cities and more parkland per resident than 88% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Bartlesville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bartlesville, month by month
Bartlesville sees roughly 86 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 Bartlesville
The nearest airport, Tulsa International, is about 37 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 189 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bartlesville
Schools across Bartlesville average a C, better than 28% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Wayside EsA− · 57% proficient
- Bowring Public SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Jenks West EsB− · 41% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jenks West Intermediate EsB− · 40% proficient
- Central MsC · 31% proficient
- Oklahoma Connections Acad MsD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Oklahoma Connections Acad HsC+ · 40% proficient
- Bartlesville HsC+ · 39% proficient
- Jenks HsC+ · 39% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bartlesville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bartlesville 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 Bartlesville against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Bartlesville suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 9% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Bartlesville
Is Bartlesville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bartlesville ranks 1,586th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on short commutes, state finances, and fast internet, and lowest on state infrastructure and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bartlesville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $179,139. The overall cost of living runs about 24% below the national average. Set against a $66,715 median income, cost of living beats 44% of cities.
Is Bartlesville safe?
Bartlesville is safer than 36% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $461 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Bartlesville?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 49 with lows near 25. That works out to about 86 pleasant days a year, more than 50% of cities.
Is Bartlesville good for families?
Schools beat 28% of cities, crime safety beats 36%, and childcare runs $907 a month.
Compare Bartlesville with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bartlesville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bartlesville 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.
Bartlesville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bartlesville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bartlesville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bartlesville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bartlesville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bartlesville 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.