Best PlacesBennington, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bennington, 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.
Bennington ranks 37,497th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bennington
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.
Bennington's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bennington ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 92% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 137 pleasant days a year, better than 88% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 86% of towns
Where Bennington ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$46,978 median, better than only 9% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 10% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bennington
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bennington home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $46,978, 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 Bennington's effective rate of 0.35%, 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 Bennington
Bennington runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bennington.
Who works in Bennington, and how
Work in Bennington centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Bennington
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bennington.
What the weather is like in Bennington, month by month
Bennington sees roughly 137 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 43° | 34° |
| April | 75° | 63° | 53° |
| July | 97° | 84° | 73° |
| October | 81° | 66° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Bennington
Dallas Love Field sits about 93 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 8.2 million passengers in 2025, with 91 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Bennington
Schools across Bennington average a D+, better than 17% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Caddo EsB− · 42% proficient
- Bennington EsC · 32% proficient
- Boswell EsD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Boswell MsF · 12% proficient
Top high schools
- Boswell HsD+ · 25% proficient
- Caddo HsD · 18% proficient
- Rock Creek HsD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bennington school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bennington 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 Bennington against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bennington
Is Bennington a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bennington ranks 37,497th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, low property taxes, and state finances, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bennington expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $143,690. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $46,978 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Bennington safe?
Yes, Bennington is safer than 94% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $206 per resident a year.
Compare Bennington with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bennington. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bennington 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.
Bennington detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bennington: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bennington: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bennington: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bennington: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bennington 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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