Best PlacesBryan County, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Bryan County, 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.
Bryan County ranks 1,849th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Bryan County
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 Bryan County
The parts of Bryan County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Calera & Colbert
More households have young kids.
Caddo
It is quieter and crime runs lower.
Durant
Streets are more walkable, though local pay stretches less far.
Scores across Bryan County run from about the 5th to the 71st percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Bryan County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bryan County ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 94% of counties
- Nice weatherabout 153 pleasant days a year, better than 93% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than 84% of counties
- Big-city accessBetter than 77% of counties
- Short commute20.4 minutes each way, better than 76% of counties
Where Bryan County ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of counties
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 6% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than only 9% of counties
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of counties
- QuietBetter than only 12% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Bryan County
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bryan County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $59,789, 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 Bryan County's effective rate of 0.58%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bryan County
Bryan County runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bryan County.
Who works in Bryan County, and how
Work in Bryan County centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Bryan County
Bryan County has more restaurants and bars per resident than 92% of counties. That concentrates in some parts of Bryan County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Bryan County growing, and who is moving in?
Bryan County has grown about 13% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Sherman, TX.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Bryan County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Bryan County, month by month
Bryan County sees roughly 153 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 43° | 34° |
| April | 75° | 63° | 53° |
| July | 97° | 84° | 73° |
| October | 81° | 66° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Bryan County
Dallas Love Field sits about 83 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 8.2 million passengers in 2025, with 91 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Bryan County
Schools across Bryan County average a C−, better than 17% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Terrell ElB · 48% proficient
- Northwest Heights EsB · 45% proficient
- Caddo EsB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Rather L HB+ · 47% proficient
- Durant MsB− · 40% proficient
- Ward Es EastC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Denison H SA− · 59% proficient
- Bonham H SC+ · 38% proficient
- Achille HsC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bryan County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bryan County 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 Bryan County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Bryan County suits
Families
Schools land around the 17th percentile and crime safety beats 75%.
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 10% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Bryan County
Is Bryan County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bryan County ranks 1,849th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on a strong job market, the weather, and state finances, and lowest on air quality and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bryan County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $181,215. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $59,789 median income, cost of living beats 35% of counties.
Is Bryan County safe?
Yes, Bryan County is safer than 75% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $357 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Bryan County?
July highs average about 97 degrees, and January highs near 55 with lows near 34. That works out to about 153 pleasant days a year, more than 93% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Bryan County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Calera & Colbert, Caddo, and Durant. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Bryan County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bryan County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bryan County 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.
Bryan County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bryan County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bryan County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bryan County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bryan County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bryan County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.