Best PlacesBraggs, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Braggs, 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.
Braggs ranks 45,478th 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 Braggs
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.
Braggs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Braggs ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 70% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 70% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 69% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 93 pleasant days a year, better than 63% of towns
Where Braggs ranks low
- School gradeD−, better than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 8% of towns
- Household income$47,608 median, better than only 10% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Braggs
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Braggs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $47,608, 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 Braggs' effective rate of 0.57%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Braggs
Braggs runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Braggs.
Who works in Braggs, and how
Work in Braggs centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Braggs
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Braggs.
What the weather is like in Braggs, month by month
Braggs sees roughly 93 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 39° | 30° |
| April | 73° | 61° | 50° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 72° |
| October | 76° | 63° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Braggs
The nearest airport, Fort Smith Regional, is about 52 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 215 miles away.
The best schools in and around Braggs
Schools across Braggs average a D−, better than 3% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Warner EsB− · 43% proficient
- Heritage EsC+ · 38% proficient
- Gore EsD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tahlequah MsC · 34% proficient
- Gore Upper EsD− · 18% proficient
- 6th And 7th Grade AcademyD− · 16% proficient
Top high schools
- Warner HsB− · 43% proficient
- Tahlequah HsC− · 25% proficient
- Braggs HsD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Braggs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Braggs 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 Braggs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Braggs
Is Braggs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Braggs ranks 45,478th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, fast internet, and tree cover, and lowest on the schools and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Braggs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $138,784. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $47,608 median income, cost of living beats 13% of towns.
Is Braggs safe?
Braggs is safer than 50% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $377 per resident a year.
Compare Braggs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Braggs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Braggs 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.
Braggs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Braggs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Braggs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Braggs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Braggs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Braggs 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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