Best PlacesCole, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cole, 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.
Cole ranks 20,943rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cole
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.
Cole's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cole ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 98% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 83% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 82% of towns
- QuietBetter than 78% of towns
Where Cole ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 12% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cole
A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cole home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $82,886, 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 Cole's effective rate of 0.78%, 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 Cole
Cole runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cole.
Who works in Cole, and how
Work in Cole centers on construction and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Cole
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cole.
What the weather is like in Cole, month by month
Cole sees roughly 111 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° | 60° | 50° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 75° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Cole
The nearest airport, Okc Will Rogers International, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 154 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cole
Schools across Cole average a D+, better than 12% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Blanchard Intermediate EsB · 48% proficient
- Washington EsB− · 40% proficient
- Dibble EsF · 6% proficient
Top middle schools
- Washington MsC+ · 37% proficient
- Blanchard MsC+ · 37% proficient
- Dibble MsF · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- Blanchard HsC · 32% proficient
- Washington HsC− · 28% proficient
- Dibble HsD− · 12% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cole school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cole 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 Cole against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cole
Is Cole a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cole ranks 20,943rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, state finances, and cell coverage, and lowest on air quality and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cole expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $238,693. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $82,886 median income, cost of living beats 82% of towns.
Is Cole safe?
Cole is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $392 per resident a year.
Compare Cole with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cole. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cole 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.
Cole detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cole: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cole: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cole: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cole: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cole 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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