Best PlacesBethel Acres, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bethel Acres, 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.
Bethel Acres ranks 25,191st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The weather pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state finances.
The best neighborhoods in Bethel Acres
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.
Bethel Acres' strengths and weaknesses
Where Bethel Acres ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 84% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 83% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 79% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 76% of towns
Where Bethel Acres ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 5% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 7% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bethel Acres
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bethel Acres home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,707, 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 Bethel Acres' effective rate of 0.44%, 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 Bethel Acres
Bethel Acres runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bethel Acres.
Who works in Bethel Acres, and how
Work in Bethel Acres centers on public administration and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Bethel Acres
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bethel Acres.
What the weather is like in Bethel Acres, month by month
Bethel Acres sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 39° | 30° |
| April | 74° | 61° | 50° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 72° |
| October | 76° | 63° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Bethel Acres
The nearest airport, Okc Will Rogers International, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 166 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bethel Acres
Schools across Bethel Acres average a C, better than 36% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bethel EsB · 48% proficient
- Cross Timbers EsD · 17% proficient
- Jefferson EsF · 9% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bethel MsC+ · 37% proficient
- Tecumseh MsD · 20% proficient
- Shawnee MsF · 12% proficient
Top high schools
- Bethel HsC− · 30% proficient
- Shawnee HsC− · 26% proficient
- Tecumseh HsD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bethel Acres school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bethel Acres 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 Bethel Acres against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bethel Acres
Is Bethel Acres a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bethel Acres ranks 25,191st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, low property taxes, and fast internet, and lowest on the weather and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bethel Acres expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $203,484. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $77,707 median income, cost of living beats 76% of towns.
Is Bethel Acres safe?
Yes, Bethel Acres is safer than 70% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $303 per resident a year.
Compare Bethel Acres with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bethel Acres. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bethel Acres 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.
Bethel Acres detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bethel Acres: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bethel Acres: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bethel Acres: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bethel Acres: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bethel Acres 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.
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