Best PlacesFort Sill, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fort Sill, 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.
Fort Sill ranks 35,329th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Fort Sill
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.
Fort Sill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fort Sill ranks high
- Short commute9.1 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 93% of towns
- BikingBetter than 89% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
Where Fort Sill ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 52 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 4% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fort Sill
A household needs to earn about $63,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fort Sill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $61,113; 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 Fort Sill's effective rate of 0.68%, 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 Fort Sill
Fort Sill runs younger than the country, 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 Fort Sill.
Who works in Fort Sill, and how
Work in Fort Sill centers on public administration 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 48%
- Work from home 43%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Fort Sill
Fort Sill has more parkland per resident than 98% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Fort Sill and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Fort Sill, month by month
Fort Sill sees roughly 52 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 41° | 30° |
| April | 76° | 62° | 50° |
| July | 96° | 84° | 73° |
| October | 78° | 64° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Fort Sill
The nearest airport, Lawton-Fort Sill Regional, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 145 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fort Sill
Schools across Fort Sill average a D+, better than 15% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Freedom EsC+ · 40% proficient
- Elgin EsC · 35% proficient
- Cache EsC · 34% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cache MsC · 34% proficient
- Elgin MsC · 32% proficient
- Eisenhower MsD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Elgin HsC · 33% proficient
- Cache HsD+ · 25% proficient
- Macarthur HsD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fort Sill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fort Sill 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 Fort Sill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fort Sill
Is Fort Sill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fort Sill ranks 35,329th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, population health, and cell coverage, and lowest on civic engagement and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fort Sill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $243,127. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $61,113 median income, cost of living beats 33% of towns.
Is Fort Sill safe?
Fort Sill is safer than 23% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $574 per resident a year.
Compare Fort Sill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fort Sill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fort Sill 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.
Fort Sill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fort Sill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fort Sill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fort Sill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fort Sill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fort Sill 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.