Best PlacesBixby, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bixby, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Bixby ranks 711th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Bixby
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.
Bixby's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bixby ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 93% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 92% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 83% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 83% of cities
- QuietBetter than 82% of cities
Where Bixby ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 7% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than only 17% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 20% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than only 21% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 27% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Bixby
A household needs to earn about $89,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bixby home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $104,631, 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 Bixby's effective rate of 1.03%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bixby
Bixby runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bixby.
Who works in Bixby, and how
Work in Bixby centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Bixby
Bixby has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of cities and more parkland per resident than 94% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Bixby and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bixby, month by month
Bixby sees roughly 94 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 38° | 28° |
| April | 74° | 61° | 50° |
| July | 95° | 83° | 73° |
| October | 77° | 63° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Bixby
The nearest airport, Tulsa International, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 223 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bixby
Schools across Bixby average a C+, better than 32% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Bixby North EsA · 63% proficient
- Southeast EsB+ · 54% proficient
- West ElementaryB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jenks West Intermediate EsB− · 40% proficient
- North Intermediate SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- West IntermediateC+ · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Bixby HsC+ · 40% proficient
- Jenks HsC+ · 39% proficient
- Broken Arrow HsC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bixby school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bixby 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 Bixby against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Bixby suits
Families
Schools land around the 32nd percentile and crime safety beats 75%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 83% of cities and 13% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 56% of cities, health care access beats 61%, and it is quieter than 82%.
Common questions about living in Bixby
Is Bixby a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bixby ranks 711th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on state finances, a strong job market, and what local pay buys, 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 Bixby expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $329,289. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $104,631 median income, cost of living beats 83% of cities.
Is Bixby safe?
Yes, Bixby is safer than 75% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $322 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Bixby?
July highs average about 95 degrees, and January highs near 51 with lows near 28. That works out to about 94 pleasant days a year, more than 56% of cities.
Is Bixby good for families?
Schools beat 32% of cities, crime safety beats 75%, and childcare runs $949 a month.
Compare Bixby with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bixby. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bixby 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.
Bixby detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bixby: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bixby: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bixby: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bixby: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bixby 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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