Best PlacesBowlegs, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bowlegs, 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.
Bowlegs ranks 37,902nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The schools pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state finances.
The best neighborhoods in Bowlegs
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.
Bowlegs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Bowlegs ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- QuietBetter than 73% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 73% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 72% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 71% of towns
Where Bowlegs ranks low
- School gradeD−, better than only 2% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 10% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bowlegs
A household needs to earn about $26,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bowlegs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,665, 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 Bowlegs' effective rate of 0.54%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bowlegs
Bowlegs runs older than the country, 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 Bowlegs.
Who works in Bowlegs, and how
Work in Bowlegs 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 89%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Bowlegs
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bowlegs.
What the weather is like in Bowlegs, month by month
Bowlegs sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 39° | 31° |
| April | 74° | 60° | 50° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 72° |
| October | 76° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Bowlegs
The nearest airport, Okc Will Rogers International, is about 55 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 157 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bowlegs
Schools across Bowlegs average a D−, better than 2% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wilson EsD+ · 23% proficient
- New Lima EsD− · 15% proficient
- Bowlegs EsF · 10% proficient
Top middle schools
- Seminole MsD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- New Lima HsD · 20% proficient
- Seminole HsD · 18% proficient
- Bowlegs HsF · 10% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bowlegs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bowlegs 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 Bowlegs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bowlegs
Is Bowlegs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bowlegs ranks 37,902nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, quiet, and fast internet, and lowest on the schools and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bowlegs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $103,734. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $63,665 median income, cost of living beats 48% of towns.
Is Bowlegs safe?
Yes, Bowlegs is safer than 68% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $310 per resident a year.
Compare Bowlegs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bowlegs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bowlegs 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.
Bowlegs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bowlegs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bowlegs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bowlegs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bowlegs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bowlegs 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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