Best PlacesBeaver County, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Beaver County, 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.
Beaver County ranks 2,239th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Beaver County
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.
Beaver County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Beaver County ranks high
- QuietBetter than 95% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than 93% of counties
- Short commute17.7 minutes each way, better than 89% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 89% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than 84% of counties
Where Beaver County ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 1% of counties
- Big-city accessBetter than only 4% of counties
- Crime safetyBetter than only 5% of counties
- Low vacancyBetter than only 6% of counties
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Beaver County
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Beaver County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,874, 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 Beaver County's effective rate of 0.73%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Beaver County
Beaver County's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Beaver County.
Who works in Beaver County, and how
Work in Beaver County centers on agriculture & forestry and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Beaver County
Beaver County has more restaurants and bars per resident than 97% of counties. That concentrates in some parts of Beaver County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Beaver County growing, and who is moving in?
Beaver County has lost about 9% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Seward County, KS.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Beaver County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Beaver County, month by month
Beaver County sees roughly 120 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 33° | 20° |
| April | 74° | 55° | 39° |
| July | 96° | 80° | 66° |
| October | 76° | 57° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Beaver County
The nearest airport, Liberal Mid-America Regional, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 303 miles away.
The best schools in and around Beaver County
Schools across Beaver County average a D+, better than 16% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Balko EsB+ · 52% proficient
- Kirksey ElB+ · 50% proficient
- Laverne EsB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Booker Jh/h SB · 47% proficient
- Balko HsB− · 42% proficient
- Forgan HsD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Beaver County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Beaver County 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 Beaver County against the other 3,143 counties.
Common questions about living in Beaver County
Is Beaver County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Beaver County ranks 2,239th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on quiet, clean air, and short commutes, and lowest on tree cover 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 Beaver County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $143,884. The overall cost of living runs about 26% below the national average. Set against a $60,874 median income, cost of living beats 57% of counties.
Is Beaver County safe?
Beaver County is safer than 5% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $810 per resident a year.
Compare Beaver County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Beaver County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Beaver County 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.
Beaver County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Beaver County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Beaver County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Beaver County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Beaver County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Beaver County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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.