Best PlacesEldorado, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Eldorado, 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.
Eldorado ranks 45,420th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The weather pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on a stable housing market.
The best neighborhoods in Eldorado
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.
Eldorado's strengths and weaknesses
Where Eldorado ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Short commute21.5 minutes each way, better than 82% of towns
- BikingBetter than 72% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 66% of towns
Where Eldorado ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 48 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 5% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Eldorado
A household needs to earn about $21,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Eldorado home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,522, 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 Eldorado's effective rate of 0.60%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Eldorado
Eldorado runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65, 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 Eldorado.
Who works in Eldorado, and how
Work in Eldorado centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Eldorado
Eldorado has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Eldorado and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Eldorado, month by month
Eldorado sees roughly 48 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 40° | 29° |
| April | 78° | 62° | 49° |
| July | 98° | 85° | 73° |
| October | 79° | 64° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Eldorado
The nearest airport, Lawton-Fort Sill Regional, is about 71 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 186 miles away.
The best schools in and around Eldorado
Schools across Eldorado average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top elementary schools
Top middle schools
- Travis MiddleC · 33% proficient
- Altus Intermediate SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Hollis MsD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Quanah H SB+ · 57% proficient
- Hollis HsC− · 30% proficient
- Olustee-eldorado HsD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Eldorado school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Eldorado 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 Eldorado against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Eldorado
Is Eldorado a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Eldorado ranks 45,420th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, state finances, and short commutes, and lowest on the weather and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Eldorado expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $83,101. The overall cost of living runs about 25% below the national average. Set against a $60,522 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Eldorado safe?
Eldorado is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $907 per resident a year.
Compare Eldorado with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Eldorado. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Eldorado 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.
Eldorado detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Eldorado: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Eldorado: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Eldorado: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Eldorado: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Eldorado 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.