Best PlacesCreek County, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Creek County, 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.
Creek County ranks 2,033rd of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. State infrastructure pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state finances.
The best neighborhoods in Creek 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 Creek County
The parts of Creek 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.
Sapulpa
Streets are more walkable, local pay stretches further, and incomes run higher.
Kellyville
Fewer homes sit empty and crime runs lower.
Mannford
It is quieter.
Drumright
Prices have run up less and homes cost less.
Mounds
Bristow
Disaster risk is higher and commutes are longer.
Scores across Creek County run from about the 4th to the 81st percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Creek County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Creek County ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 84% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than 76% of counties
- TransitBetter than 72% of counties
- Local economyBetter than 69% of counties
- Internet speedBetter than 66% of counties
Where Creek County ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of counties
- School gradeD+, better than only 10% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than only 19% of counties
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 22% of counties
- Cheap childcare$935 a month, better than only 24% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Creek County
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Creek County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,609, 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 Creek County's effective rate of 0.69%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Creek County
Creek County'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 Creek County.
Who works in Creek County, and how
Work in Creek County centers on manufacturing 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 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Creek County
Creek County has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties. That concentrates in some parts of Creek County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Creek County growing, and who is moving in?
Creek County has grown about 5% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Tulsa, OK metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Creek County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Creek County, month by month
Creek County sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 38° | 28° |
| April | 74° | 61° | 50° |
| July | 95° | 83° | 73° |
| October | 77° | 63° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Creek County
The nearest airport, Tulsa International, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 218 miles away.
The best schools in and around Creek County
Schools across Creek County average a D+, better than 10% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Freedom EsA− · 57% proficient
- Jenks West EsB− · 41% proficient
- Kellyville Upper EsC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jenks West Intermediate EsB− · 40% proficient
- Mannford MsC+ · 36% proficient
- Bristow MsD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Jenks HsC+ · 39% proficient
- Bristow HsC− · 27% proficient
- Charles Page HsC− · 26% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Creek County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Creek 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 Creek County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Creek County suits
Families
Schools land around the 10th percentile and crime safety beats 63%.
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 10% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Creek County
Is Creek County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Creek County ranks 2,033rd of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on state finances, cell coverage, and transit, and lowest on state infrastructure and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Creek County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $191,513. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $66,609 median income, cost of living beats 58% of counties.
Is Creek County safe?
Yes, Creek County is safer than 63% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $390 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Creek County?
July highs average about 95 degrees, and January highs near 51 with lows near 28. That works out to about 80 pleasant days a year, more than 38% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Creek County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Sapulpa, Kellyville, and Mannford. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Creek County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Creek County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Creek 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.
Creek County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Creek County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Creek County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Creek County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Creek County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Creek 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.