Best PlacesCanute, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Canute, 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.
Canute ranks 35,105th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. A weak job market pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state finances.
The best neighborhoods in Canute
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.
Canute's strengths and weaknesses
Where Canute ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 87% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 84% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 119 pleasant days a year, better than 79% of towns
- Short commute22.9 minutes each way, better than 75% of towns
Where Canute ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 7% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 7% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 9% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Canute
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Canute home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,110, 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 Canute's effective rate of 0.59%, 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 Canute
Canute's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Canute.
Who works in Canute, and how
Work in Canute centers on retail trade and other services. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Canute
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Canute.
What the weather is like in Canute, month by month
Canute sees roughly 119 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 37° | 28° |
| April | 74° | 59° | 47° |
| July | 96° | 83° | 71° |
| October | 76° | 62° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Canute
The nearest airport, Lawton-Fort Sill Regional, is about 77 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 217 miles away.
The best schools in and around Canute
Schools across Canute average a C−, better than 25% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Merritt EsB · 47% proficient
- Arapaho-butler EsB− · 43% proficient
- Canute EsC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Elk City IesD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Arapaho-butler HsB− · 43% proficient
- Canute HsD · 21% proficient
- Merritt HsD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Canute school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Canute 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 Canute against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Canute
Is Canute a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Canute ranks 35,105th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, cell coverage, and walkability, and lowest on a weak job market and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Canute expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $178,329. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $66,110 median income, cost of living beats 44% of towns.
Is Canute safe?
Canute is safer than 34% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $433 per resident a year.
Compare Canute with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Canute. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Canute 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.
Canute detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Canute: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Canute: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Canute: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Canute: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Canute 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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