Best PlacesCatoosa, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Catoosa, 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.
Catoosa ranks 26,689th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Catoosa
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.
Catoosa's strengths and weaknesses
Where Catoosa ranks high
- TransitBetter than 92% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 87% of towns
- Short commute21.1 minutes each way, better than 84% of towns
Where Catoosa ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 9% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 14% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Catoosa
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Catoosa home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $76,013, 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 Catoosa's effective rate of 0.74%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Catoosa
Catoosa'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 Catoosa.
Who works in Catoosa, and how
Work in Catoosa centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Catoosa
Catoosa has more restaurants and bars per resident than 89% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Catoosa and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Catoosa, month by month
Catoosa sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 38° | 27° |
| April | 75° | 61° | 48° |
| July | 95° | 84° | 73° |
| October | 78° | 63° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Catoosa
The nearest airport, Tulsa International, is about 8 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 223 miles away.
The best schools in and around Catoosa
Schools across Catoosa average a D, better than 9% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Verdigris EsC+ · 38% proficient
- Stone Canyon EsC+ · 36% proficient
- Inola EsC · 31% proficient
Top middle schools
- Verdigris Upper EsB− · 41% proficient
- Owasso 6th Grade CtrB− · 39% proficient
- Oneta Ridge MsC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Owasso HsC+ · 38% proficient
- Verdigris HsC− · 30% proficient
- Broken Arrow HsC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Catoosa school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Catoosa 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 Catoosa against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Catoosa
Is Catoosa a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Catoosa ranks 26,689th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, cell coverage, and state finances, and lowest on noise and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Catoosa expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $227,953. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $76,013 median income, cost of living beats 70% of towns.
Is Catoosa safe?
Catoosa is safer than 50% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $401 per resident a year.
Compare Catoosa with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Catoosa. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Catoosa 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.
Catoosa detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Catoosa: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Catoosa: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Catoosa: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Catoosa: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Catoosa 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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