Best PlacesEnid, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in the Enid metro, 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.
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Enid ranks 341st of 387 U.S. metro areas on the BestNeighborhood index. It ranks low mainly on the weather and tree cover. It does better on fast internet, which keeps it off the bottom.
The best neighborhoods in the Enid metro
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.
Enid's strengths and weaknesses
Enid ranks near the bottom because several of the basics fall short at once. Fast internet is the standout, in the top 1% of metro areas. A stable housing market and cell coverage follow.
The weak spots are broad rather than narrow: the weather, tree cover, and the schools all drag on the score. Those are area averages, and the map below shows which parts run well above them.
Where Enid ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of metro areas
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of metro areas
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of metro areas
- Short commute17.6 minutes each way, better than 97% of metro areas
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of metro areas
Where Enid ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 45 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of metro areas
- Tree shadeBetter than only 4% of metro areas
- School gradeD+, better than only 4% of metro areas
- State infrastructureBetter than only 8% of metro areas
- Big-city accessBetter than only 9% of metro areas
What it costs to buy a home in Enid
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Enid home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,354, 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 Enid's effective rate of 0.86%, 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 Enid
Enid runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Enid.
Who works in Enid, and how
Work in Enid centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Enid
Enid has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most metro areas. That concentrates in some parts of Enid and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Enid growing, and who is moving in?
Enid has lost about 1% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Oklahoma City, OK.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Enid go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Enid, month by month
Enid sees roughly 45 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 36° | 26° |
| April | 74° | 59° | 47° |
| July | 95° | 83° | 72° |
| October | 76° | 62° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Enid
The nearest airport, Stillwater Regional, is about 48 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 247 miles away.
The best schools in and around Enid
Schools across Enid average a D+, better than 4% of metro areas.
Top elementary schools
- Chisholm EsA · 68% proficient
- Hoover EsB · 45% proficient
- Prairie View EsB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Chisholm MsA · 59% proficient
- Dewitt Waller MsC− · 28% proficient
- Pioneer-pleasant Vale JhsD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Chisholm HsC · 32% proficient
- Waukomis HsC− · 27% proficient
- Cimarron HsD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Enid school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Enid 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 Enid against the other 386 metro areas.
Who Enid suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 5% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Enid
Is Enid a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Enid ranks 341st of 387 metro areas. It scores highest on fast internet, a stable housing market, and cell coverage, and lowest on the weather and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Enid expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $165,537. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $70,354 median income, cost of living beats 32% of metro areas.
Is Enid safe?
Enid is safer than 22% of metro areas. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $534 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Enid?
July highs average about 95 degrees, and January highs near 49 with lows near 26. That works out to about 45 pleasant days a year, more than 0% of metro areas.
Is Enid good for families?
Schools beat 4% of metro areas, crime safety beats 22%, and childcare runs $934 a month.
Is Enid good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 32% of metro areas, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 100% of metro areas. About 5% of workers already work from home.
Compare Enid with other metro areas
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Enid. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Enid 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.
Enid detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Enid: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Enid: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Enid: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Enid: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Enid 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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