Best PlacesCaddo County, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Caddo County, 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.
Caddo County ranks 2,726th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Caddo 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.
Caddo County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Caddo County ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 97% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than 84% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than 82% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than 71% of counties
- WalkabilityBetter than 60% of counties
Where Caddo County ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 4% of counties
- School gradeD, better than only 5% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than only 6% of counties
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of counties
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 11% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Caddo County
A household needs to earn about $31,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Caddo County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $55,641, 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 Caddo County's 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 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 Caddo County
Caddo County runs younger 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 Caddo County.
Who works in Caddo County, and how
Work in Caddo County centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Caddo County
Caddo County has more parkland per resident than 78% of counties. That concentrates in some parts of Caddo County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Caddo County growing, and who is moving in?
Caddo County has lost about 10% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Oklahoma City, OK.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Caddo County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Caddo County, month by month
Caddo County sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 38° | 28° |
| April | 74° | 60° | 48° |
| July | 96° | 83° | 72° |
| October | 77° | 62° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Caddo County
The nearest airport, Lawton-Fort Sill Regional, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 174 miles away.
The best schools in and around Caddo County
Schools across Caddo County average a D, better than 5% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Pioneer Public SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Hydro-eakly EsA− · 60% proficient
- Cordell EsC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hydro-eakly MsC+ · 38% proficient
- Cordell JhsC · 33% proficient
- Minco MsC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Apache HsC− · 30% proficient
- Binger-oney HsC− · 27% proficient
- Cordell HsC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Caddo County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Caddo 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 Caddo County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Caddo County suits
Common questions about living in Caddo County
Is Caddo County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Caddo County ranks 2,726th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on a stable housing market, state finances, and cell coverage, and lowest on civic engagement and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Caddo County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $123,900. The overall cost of living runs about 25% below the national average. Set against a $55,641 median income, cost of living beats 32% of counties.
Is Caddo County safe?
Caddo County is safer than 19% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $620 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Caddo County?
July highs average about 96 degrees, and January highs near 53 with lows near 28. That works out to about 78 pleasant days a year, more than 36% of counties.
Is Caddo County good for families?
Schools beat 5% of counties, crime safety beats 19%, and childcare runs $868 a month.
Compare Caddo County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Caddo County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Caddo 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.
Caddo County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Caddo County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Caddo County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Caddo County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Caddo County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Caddo 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
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