Best PlacesComanche County, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Comanche County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages are not the whole story, and the strongest areas score well above them. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Comanche County ranks 2,294th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It ranks low mainly on civic engagement and air quality. It does better on cell coverage, which keeps it off the bottom.
The best neighborhoods in Comanche County
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.
The best areas in Comanche County
The parts of Comanche County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Elgin & Fletcher
Fewer homes sit empty, prices have run up less, and more households have young kids.
Lawton
Scores close to Elgin & Fletcher, except that advertised internet is faster here.
Fort Sill
Heat risk is lower, though fewer residents vote.
Scores across Comanche County run from about the 1st to the 78th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Comanche County's strengths and weaknesses
Comanche County lands in the middle because its strengths and weaknesses roughly balance. Cell coverage is the standout, in the top 2% of counties. Fast internet and short commutes follow.
The one real hole is civic engagement, near the bottom of the country. Air quality and state infrastructure also cost it ground. The detail is below, and the map is where it turns into a choice of neighborhood rather than just a place.
Where Comanche County ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of counties
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of counties
- Short commute18.3 minutes each way, better than 87% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than 84% of counties
- BikingBetter than 67% of counties
Where Comanche County ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of counties
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than only 13% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than only 13% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Comanche County
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Comanche County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,301, 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 Comanche County's effective rate of 0.75%, 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 Comanche County
Comanche County runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Comanche County.
Who works in Comanche County, and how
Work in Comanche County centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Comanche County
Comanche County has more parkland per resident than 68% of counties. That concentrates in some parts of Comanche County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Comanche County growing, and who is moving in?
Comanche County has lost about 3% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Oklahoma City, OK.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Comanche County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Comanche County, month by month
Comanche County sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 41° | 30° |
| April | 76° | 62° | 50° |
| July | 96° | 84° | 73° |
| October | 78° | 64° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Comanche County
The nearest airport, Lawton-Fort Sill Regional, is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 144 miles away.
The best schools in and around Comanche County
Schools across Comanche County average a D+, better than 15% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Flower Mound Public SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Crosby Park EsB− · 43% proficient
- Bishop Public SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cache MsC · 34% proficient
- Elgin MsC · 32% proficient
- Eisenhower MsD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Elgin HsC · 33% proficient
- Apache HsC− · 30% proficient
- Fletcher HsC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Comanche County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Comanche County 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 Comanche County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Comanche County suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 9% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Comanche County
Is Comanche County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Comanche County ranks 2,294th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on cell coverage, fast internet, and short commutes, and lowest on civic engagement and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Comanche County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $171,642. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $66,301 median income, cost of living beats 54% of counties.
Is Comanche County safe?
Comanche County is safer than 22% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $650 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Comanche County?
July highs average about 96 degrees, and January highs near 55 with lows near 30. That works out to about 75 pleasant days a year, more than 30% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Comanche County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Elgin & Fletcher, Lawton, and Fort Sill. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Comanche County good for families?
Schools beat 15% of counties, crime safety beats 22%, and childcare runs $917 a month.
Is Comanche County good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 54% of counties, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 97% of counties. About 9% of workers already work from home.
Compare Comanche County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Comanche County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Comanche County 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.
Comanche County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Comanche County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Comanche County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Comanche County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Comanche County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Comanche County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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