Best PlacesGarvin County, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Garvin County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages are not the whole story, and the strongest areas score well above them. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Garvin County ranks 2,507th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. The weather pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state finances.
The best neighborhoods in Garvin County
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.
The best areas in Garvin County
The parts of Garvin County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Wynnewood
Crime runs lower, it is quieter, and fewer homes sit empty.
Lindsay
Prices have run up less and advertised internet is faster.
Pauls Valley
Fewer households have young kids and incomes run lower.
Scores across Garvin County run from about the 5th to the 50th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Garvin County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Garvin County ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 84% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than 77% of counties
- TransitBetter than 72% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than 72% of counties
- Big-city accessBetter than 57% of counties
Where Garvin County ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 57 pleasant days a year, better than only 3% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of counties
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of counties
- School gradeD+, better than only 10% of counties
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 14% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Garvin County
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Garvin County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,441, 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 Garvin County's effective rate of 0.53%, 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 Garvin County
Garvin County's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Garvin County.
Who works in Garvin County, and how
Work in Garvin County centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Garvin County
Garvin County has more parkland per resident than 68% of counties. That concentrates in some parts of Garvin County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Garvin County growing, and who is moving in?
Garvin County has lost about 5% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Oklahoma City, OK.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Garvin County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Garvin County, month by month
Garvin County sees roughly 57 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 39° | 29° |
| April | 75° | 61° | 49° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 71° |
| October | 78° | 63° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Garvin County
The nearest airport, Okc Will Rogers International, is about 49 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 128 miles away.
The best schools in and around Garvin County
Schools across Garvin County average a D+, better than 10% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Whitebead Public SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Lindsay EsC · 35% proficient
- Alex EsC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Stratford MsC · 35% proficient
- Davis MsC · 31% proficient
- Pauls Valley Intermediate SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Stratford HsC+ · 37% proficient
- Maysville HsC · 34% proficient
- Elmore City-pernell HsD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Garvin County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Garvin County 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 Garvin County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Garvin County suits
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Garvin County
Is Garvin County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Garvin County ranks 2,507th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on state finances, low property taxes, and transit, and lowest on the weather and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Garvin County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $147,200. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $61,441 median income, cost of living beats 45% of counties.
Is Garvin County safe?
Garvin County is safer than 39% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $484 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Garvin County?
July highs average about 94 degrees, and January highs near 53 with lows near 29. That works out to about 57 pleasant days a year, more than 3% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Garvin County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Wynnewood, Lindsay, and Pauls Valley. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Garvin County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Garvin County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Garvin County 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.
Garvin County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Garvin County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Garvin County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Garvin County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Garvin County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Garvin County 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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