Best PlacesEvening Shade, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Evening Shade, 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.
Evening Shade ranks 39,127th 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 Evening Shade
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.
Evening Shade's strengths and weaknesses
Where Evening Shade ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 86% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 76% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 75% of towns
- QuietBetter than 72% of towns
Where Evening Shade ranks low
- School gradeD, better than only 5% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 6% of towns
- Short commute37.7 minutes each way, better than only 8% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Evening Shade
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Evening Shade home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,063, 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 Evening Shade's effective rate of 0.42%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Evening Shade
Evening Shade 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 Evening Shade.
Who works in Evening Shade, and how
Work in Evening Shade centers on health care & social and finance & insurance. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Evening Shade
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Evening Shade.
What the weather is like in Evening Shade, month by month
Evening Shade sees roughly 96 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 39° | 30° |
| April | 73° | 60° | 50° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 72° |
| October | 77° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Evening Shade
The nearest airport, Fort Smith Regional, is about 37 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 221 miles away.
The best schools in and around Evening Shade
Schools across Evening Shade average a D, better than 5% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Vian EsD+ · 22% proficient
- Marble City Public SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Top middle schools
- Vian MsF · 12% proficient
Top high schools
- Vian HsD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Evening Shade school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Evening Shade 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 Evening Shade against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Evening Shade
Is Evening Shade a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Evening Shade ranks 39,127th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, low property taxes, and low crime, and lowest on the schools and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Evening Shade expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $161,200. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $60,063 median income, cost of living beats 42% of towns.
Is Evening Shade safe?
Yes, Evening Shade is safer than 76% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $281 per resident a year.
Compare Evening Shade with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Evening Shade. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Evening Shade 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.
Evening Shade detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Evening Shade: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Evening Shade: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Evening Shade: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Evening Shade: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Evening Shade 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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