Best PlacesCarney, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Carney, 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.
Carney ranks 33,997th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Carney
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.
Carney's strengths and weaknesses
Where Carney ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 97% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 88% of towns
- QuietBetter than 78% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 78% of towns
Where Carney ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 16% of towns
- Short commute32.6 minutes each way, better than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Carney
A household needs to earn about $34,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Carney home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $62,795, 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 Carney's effective rate of 0.41%, 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 Carney
Carney runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Carney.
Who works in Carney, and how
Work in Carney centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Carney
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Carney.
What the weather is like in Carney, month by month
Carney sees roughly 60 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 38° | 29° |
| April | 74° | 60° | 49° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 71° |
| October | 76° | 62° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Carney
The nearest airport, Stillwater Regional, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 201 miles away.
The best schools in and around Carney
Schools across Carney average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Perkins-tryon Intermediate EsC+ · 37% proficient
- Wellston EsC · 35% proficient
- Carney EsD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wellston MsC · 33% proficient
- Chandler JhsD+ · 27% proficient
- Perkins-tryon MsD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Chandler HsB− · 45% proficient
- Perkins-tryon HsC+ · 38% proficient
- Carney HsD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Carney school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Carney 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 Carney against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Carney
Is Carney a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Carney ranks 33,997th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, state finances, and low property taxes, and lowest on the weather and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Carney expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $135,569. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $62,795 median income, cost of living beats 47% of towns.
Is Carney safe?
Carney is safer than 28% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $492 per resident a year.
Compare Carney with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Carney. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Carney 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.
Carney detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Carney: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Carney: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Carney: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Carney: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Carney 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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