Best PlacesCapron, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Capron, 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.
Capron ranks 37,178th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Capron
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.
Capron's strengths and weaknesses
Where Capron ranks high
- Short commute18.4 minutes each way, better than 92% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 82% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 81% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 75% of towns
Where Capron ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 6% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 6% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 7% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Capron
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Capron home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,283, 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 Capron's effective rate of 0.61%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Capron
Capron runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Capron.
Who works in Capron, and how
Work in Capron centers on education and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Capron
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Capron.
What the weather is like in Capron, month by month
Capron sees roughly 109 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 35° | 26° |
| April | 73° | 58° | 46° |
| July | 97° | 83° | 71° |
| October | 76° | 61° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Capron
The nearest airport, Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower Ntl, is about 82 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 268 miles away.
The best schools in and around Capron
Schools across Capron average a C−, better than 21% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Burlington EsB− · 40% proficient
- Lincoln EsC · 35% proficient
- Freedom EsD− · 16% proficient
Top middle schools
- Alva MsC− · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Alva HsD+ · 25% proficient
- Freedom HsD+ · 25% proficient
- Burlington HsD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Capron school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Capron 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 Capron against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Capron
Is Capron a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Capron ranks 37,178th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, state finances, and an educated workforce, and lowest on tree cover and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Capron expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $207,312. The overall cost of living runs about 28% below the national average. Set against a $61,283 median income, cost of living beats 62% of towns.
Is Capron safe?
Capron is safer than 15% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $593 per resident a year.
Compare Capron with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Capron. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Capron 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.
Capron detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Capron: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Capron: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Capron: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Capron: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Capron 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.