Best PlacesCouncil Hill, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Council Hill, 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.
Council Hill ranks 47,111th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The schools pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state finances.
The best neighborhoods in Council Hill
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.
Council Hill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Council Hill ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 77% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 64% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 53% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 84 pleasant days a year, better than 52% of towns
Where Council Hill ranks low
- School gradeD, better than only 5% of towns
- Household income$44,918 median, better than only 7% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Council Hill
A household needs to earn about $31,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Council Hill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $44,918, 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 Council Hill's effective rate of 0.50%, 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 Council Hill
Council Hill runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Council Hill.
Who works in Council Hill, and how
Work in Council Hill centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Council Hill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Council Hill.
What the weather is like in Council Hill, month by month
Council Hill sees roughly 84 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 Council Hill
The nearest airport, Tulsa International, is about 48 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 198 miles away.
The best schools in and around Council Hill
Schools across Council Hill average a D, better than 5% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Checotah Intermediate EsB− · 43% proficient
- Wainwright Public SchoolD · 19% proficient
- Midway EsF · 9% proficient
Top middle schools
- Checotah MsD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Midway HsD− · 14% proficient
- Checotah HsD− · 13% proficient
- Oktaha HsF · 9% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Council Hill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Council Hill 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 Council Hill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Council Hill
Is Council Hill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Council Hill ranks 47,111th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, low property taxes, and walkability, and lowest on the schools and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Council Hill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $124,652. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $44,918 median income, cost of living beats 10% of towns.
Is Council Hill safe?
Council Hill is safer than 19% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $583 per resident a year.
Compare Council Hill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Council Hill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Council Hill 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.
Council Hill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Council Hill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Council Hill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Council Hill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Council Hill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Council Hill 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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