Best PlacesEufaula, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Eufaula, 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.
Eufaula ranks 48,427th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Health outcomes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on walkability.
The best neighborhoods in Eufaula
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.
Eufaula's strengths and weaknesses
Where Eufaula ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 90% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 82% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 79% of towns
- BikingBetter than 76% of towns
Where Eufaula ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Household income$43,047 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Eufaula
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Eufaula home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $43,047; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Eufaula's effective rate of 0.62%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Eufaula
Eufaula runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Eufaula.
Who works in Eufaula, and how
Work in Eufaula centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Eufaula
Eufaula has more restaurants and bars per resident than 94% of towns and more parkland per resident than 95% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Eufaula and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Eufaula, month by month
Eufaula sees roughly 93 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 39° | 31° |
| April | 73° | 61° | 50° |
| July | 95° | 83° | 73° |
| October | 77° | 63° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Eufaula
The nearest airport, Tulsa International, is about 65 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 184 miles away.
The best schools in and around Eufaula
Schools across Eufaula average a C−, better than 18% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Checotah Intermediate EsB− · 43% proficient
- Eufaula EsD+ · 24% proficient
- Stidham Public SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Top middle schools
- Eufaula MsD+ · 27% proficient
- Checotah MsD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Eufaula HsC− · 27% proficient
- Checotah HsD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Eufaula school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Eufaula 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 Eufaula against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Eufaula
Is Eufaula a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Eufaula ranks 48,427th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, state finances, and fast internet, and lowest on health outcomes and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Eufaula expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $171,928. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $43,047 median income, cost of living beats 6% of towns.
Is Eufaula safe?
Eufaula is safer than 16% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $625 per resident a year.
Compare Eufaula with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Eufaula. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Eufaula 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.
Eufaula detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Eufaula: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Eufaula: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Eufaula: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Eufaula: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Eufaula 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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