Best PlacesCanadian County, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Canadian County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages hide a wide spread here, so the area matters as much as the address. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Canadian County ranks 623rd of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. Paychecks stretch further here than almost anywhere else: the median household brings in $91,270, everyday costs sit below the national average, and a strong job market ranks near the top of the country. The main drawbacks are state infrastructure, tree cover, and air quality.
The best neighborhoods in Canadian 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 Canadian County
The parts of Canadian 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.
Piedmont
More households have young kids, more adults hold degrees, and incomes run higher.
Yukon & Mustang
Scores close to Piedmont, except that it is noisier here.
El Reno
Local pay stretches less far and fewer residents vote.
Canadian County shows why a single number is not enough. Some neighborhoods score in the bottom 4% of the country and others in the top 8%. Pick the area first, then the home.
Canadian County's strengths and weaknesses
Canadian County ranks where it does because the parts of life that are hardest to change mostly work here. Cell coverage is the standout, in the top 2% of counties. What local pay buys and few empty homes follow.
The drawbacks are real but narrow. State infrastructure, tree cover, and air quality hold the score down. The measures below break that down, and the map shows how much of it holds street by street.
Where Canadian County ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of counties
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of counties
- Low vacancyBetter than 91% of counties
- Internet speedBetter than 88% of counties
- Household income$91,270 median, better than 88% of counties
Where Canadian County ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than only 10% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of counties
- QuietBetter than only 16% of counties
- Cheap childcare$1,013 a month, better than only 16% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Canadian County
A household needs to earn about $65,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Canadian County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $91,270, 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 Canadian County's effective rate of 0.85%, 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 Canadian County
Canadian 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 Canadian County.
Who works in Canadian County, and how
Work in Canadian County centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Canadian County
Canadian County has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties and less late-night activity than most counties. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Canadian County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Canadian County growing, and who is moving in?
Canadian County has grown about 40% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Oklahoma City, OK metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Canadian County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Canadian County, month by month
Canadian County sees roughly 115 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 38° | 30° |
| April | 72° | 59° | 50° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 72° |
| October | 75° | 63° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Canadian County
The nearest airport, Okc Will Rogers International, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 184 miles away.
The best schools in and around Canadian County
Schools across Canadian County average a C, better than 36% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Maple Public SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- Rose Union EsA− · 60% proficient
- Parkland EsB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Canyon Ridge IesB− · 40% proficient
- Redstone Intermediate SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Deer Creek Intermediate SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Piedmont HsC+ · 40% proficient
- Deer Creek HsC+ · 37% proficient
- Mustang HsC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Canadian County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Canadian 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 Canadian County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Canadian County suits
Families
Schools land around the 36th percentile and crime safety beats 82%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 95% of counties, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 11% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Canadian County
Is Canadian County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Canadian County ranks 623rd of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on cell coverage, what local pay buys, and few empty homes, and lowest on state infrastructure and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Canadian County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $248,146. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $91,270 median income, cost of living beats 95% of counties.
Is Canadian County safe?
Yes, Canadian County is safer than 82% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $335 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Canadian County?
July highs average about 94 degrees, and January highs near 50 with lows near 30. That works out to about 115 pleasant days a year, more than 71% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Canadian County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Piedmont, Yukon & Mustang, and El Reno. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Canadian County good for families?
Schools beat 36% of counties, crime safety beats 82%, and childcare runs $1,013 a month.
Is Canadian County good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 95% of counties, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 88% of counties. About 11% of workers already work from home.
Compare Canadian County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Canadian County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Canadian 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.
Canadian County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Canadian County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Canadian County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Canadian County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Canadian County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Canadian 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.