Best PlacesChecotah, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Checotah, 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.
Checotah ranks 47,908th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Noise pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on walkability.
The best neighborhoods in Checotah
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.
Checotah's strengths and weaknesses
Where Checotah ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 89% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Short commute21.2 minutes each way, better than 83% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 80% of towns
- BikingBetter than 79% of towns
Where Checotah ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$42,634 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Checotah
A household needs to earn about $30,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Checotah home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $42,634, 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 Checotah's effective rate of 0.66%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Checotah
Checotah'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 Checotah.
Who works in Checotah, and how
Work in Checotah centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Checotah
Checotah has more restaurants and bars per resident than 89% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Checotah and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Checotah, month by month
Checotah sees roughly 93 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 39° | 30° |
| April | 73° | 61° | 50° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 72° |
| October | 76° | 63° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Checotah
The nearest airport, Tulsa International, is about 55 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 195 miles away.
The best schools in and around Checotah
Schools across Checotah average a C−, better than 18% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Checotah Intermediate EsB− · 43% proficient
- Eufaula EsD+ · 24% proficient
Top middle schools
- Eufaula MsD+ · 27% proficient
- Checotah MsD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Eufaula HsC− · 27% proficient
- Checotah HsD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Checotah school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Checotah 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 Checotah against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Checotah
Is Checotah a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Checotah ranks 47,908th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, state finances, and short commutes, and lowest on noise and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Checotah expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $117,588. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $42,634 median income, cost of living beats 8% of towns.
Is Checotah safe?
Checotah is safer than 14% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $666 per resident a year.
Compare Checotah with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Checotah. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Checotah 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.
Checotah detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Checotah: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Checotah: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Checotah: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Checotah: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Checotah 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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