Best PlacesBroken Bow, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Broken Bow, 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.
Broken Bow ranks 43,720th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Broken Bow
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.
Broken Bow's strengths and weaknesses
Where Broken Bow ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 95% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 92% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- BikingBetter than 80% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 80% of towns
Where Broken Bow ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 7% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 9% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 9% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Broken Bow
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Broken Bow home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $49,204, 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 Bow's effective rate of 0.35%, 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 9 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 Bow
Broken Bow runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Broken Bow.
Who works in Broken Bow, and how
Work in Broken Bow centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Broken Bow
Broken Bow has more restaurants and bars per resident than 90% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Broken Bow and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Broken Bow, month by month
Broken Bow sees roughly 87 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 54, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54° | 42° | 33° |
| April | 74° | 62° | 52° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 77° | 64° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Broken Bow
The nearest airport, Texarkana Regional-Webb Field, is about 59 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 145 miles away.
The best schools in and around Broken Bow
Schools across Broken Bow average a D, better than 9% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Holly Creek Public SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Lukfata Public SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Denison Public SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Idabel MsD · 23% proficient
- Rector Johnson MsD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Eagletown HsD+ · 25% proficient
- Idabel HsD · 18% proficient
- Broken Bow HsD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Broken Bow school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Broken Bow 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 Bow against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Broken Bow
Is Broken Bow a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Broken Bow ranks 43,720th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, low property taxes, and state finances, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Broken Bow expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $182,194. The overall cost of living runs about 0% below the national average. Set against a $49,204 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Broken Bow safe?
Broken Bow is safer than 20% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $561 per resident a year.
Compare Broken Bow with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Broken Bow. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Broken Bow 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 Bow detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Broken Bow: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Broken Bow: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Broken Bow: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Broken Bow: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Broken Bow 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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