Best PlacesGate, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gate, 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.
Gate ranks 29,512th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Gate
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.
Gate's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gate ranks high
- Short commute14.4 minutes each way, better than 98% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of towns
- QuietBetter than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 86% of towns
Where Gate ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 4% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 5% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Gate
A household needs to earn about $26,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gate home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,531, 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 Gate's effective rate of 0.67%, 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 Gate
Gate runs older 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 Gate.
Who works in Gate, and how
Work in Gate centers on agriculture & forestry and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Gate
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Gate.
What the weather is like in Gate, month by month
Gate sees roughly 128 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 35° | 25° |
| April | 73° | 57° | 45° |
| July | 93° | 80° | 69° |
| October | 74° | 59° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Gate
The nearest airport, Liberal Mid-America Regional, is about 50 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 324 miles away.
The best schools in and around Gate
Schools across Gate average a C−, better than 21% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Laverne EsB · 47% proficient
- Ashland ElemC · 32% proficient
- Forgan EsD+ · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Forgan HsD+ · 25% proficient
- Buffalo HsD+ · 25% proficient
- Laverne HsD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gate school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gate 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 Gate against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Gate
Is Gate a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gate ranks 29,512th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, clean air, and quiet, and lowest on distance from a big city and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Gate expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $101,453. The overall cost of living runs about 27% below the national average. Set against a $72,531 median income, cost of living beats 77% of towns.
Is Gate safe?
Gate is safer than 7% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $768 per resident a year.
Compare Gate with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gate. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gate 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.
Gate detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gate: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gate: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gate: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gate: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gate 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.