Best PlacesBroken Arrow, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Broken Arrow, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime read low across the board, which puts the choice down to which part suits you. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Broken Arrow ranks 183rd of 445 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It earns the spot by being affordable and steady rather than flashy: everyday costs run well below the national average, and crime is low. The trade is state infrastructure: the nearest large city and its jobs, flights, and culture are a drive away.
The best neighborhoods in Broken Arrow
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.
The best areas in Broken Arrow
The parts of Broken Arrow, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the city.
Bentley Village & Cedar Ridge Club
More households have young kids, incomes run higher, and local pay stretches further.
Sweetbriar East, Quail Run Estates & Woodland Hills
Biking is better, though crime runs higher.
Indian Springs Park & Silvertree
Scores close to Sweetbriar East, Quail Run Estates & Woodland Hills, except that prices have run up more here.
Rockwood West
Scores close to Indian Springs Park & Silvertree, except that tree cover is thinner here.
Downtown Broken Arrow
Streets are more walkable, though fewer adults hold degrees.
Southbrook East
Fewer residents vote and health care is harder to reach.
Broken Arrow shows why a single number is not enough. Some neighborhoods score in the bottom 4% of the country and others in the top 7%. Pick the area first, then the home.
Broken Arrow's strengths and weaknesses
Broken Arrow lands in the middle because its strengths and weaknesses roughly balance. State finances, a stable housing market, and a strong job market carry most of that.
The one real hole is state infrastructure, near the bottom of the country. Distance from a big city and walkability also cost it ground. The detail is below, and the map is where it turns into a choice of neighborhood rather than just a place.
Where Broken Arrow ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 91% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 87% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 86% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 86% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 85% of cities
Where Broken Arrow ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 4% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than only 13% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 15% of cities
- School gradeC−, better than only 15% of cities
- BikingBetter than only 16% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Broken Arrow
A household needs to earn about $65,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Broken Arrow home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $88,854, 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 Broken Arrow's effective rate of 0.95%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Broken Arrow
Broken Arrow runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Broken Arrow.
Who works in Broken Arrow, and how
Work in Broken Arrow centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Broken Arrow
Broken Arrow has more restaurants and bars per resident than 70% of cities and more parkland per resident than 87% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Broken Arrow and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Broken Arrow, month by month
Broken Arrow sees roughly 88 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 Broken Arrow
The nearest airport, Tulsa International, is about 11 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 229 miles away.
The best schools in and around Broken Arrow
Schools across Broken Arrow average a C−, better than 15% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Bixby North EsA · 63% proficient
- Southeast EsB+ · 54% proficient
- Rosewood EsB · 46% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jenks West Intermediate EsB− · 40% proficient
- North Intermediate SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Jenks East Intermediate EsC · 34% 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 Broken Arrow school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Broken Arrow 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 Broken Arrow against the other 444 cities.
Who Broken Arrow suits
Families
Schools land around the 15th percentile and crime safety beats 86%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 85% of cities and 11% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Broken Arrow
Is Broken Arrow a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Broken Arrow ranks 183rd of 445 cities. It scores highest on state finances, a stable housing market, and a strong job market, 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 Broken Arrow expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $244,467. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $88,854 median income, cost of living beats 85% of cities.
Is Broken Arrow safe?
Yes, Broken Arrow is safer than 86% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $353 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Broken Arrow?
July highs average about 95 degrees, and January highs near 51 with lows near 28. That works out to about 88 pleasant days a year, more than 38% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Broken Arrow?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Bentley Village & Cedar Ridge Club, Sweetbriar East, Quail Run Estates & Woodland Hills, and Indian Springs Park & Silvertree. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Broken Arrow good for families?
Schools beat 15% of cities, crime safety beats 86%, and childcare runs $953 a month.
Is Broken Arrow good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 85% of cities, though advertised internet speeds beat only 27% of cities. About 11% of workers already work from home.
Compare Broken Arrow with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Broken Arrow. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Broken Arrow 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.
Broken Arrow detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Broken Arrow: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Broken Arrow: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Broken Arrow: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Broken Arrow: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Broken Arrow 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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