Best PlacesGilcrease Hills, Tulsa, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gilcrease Hills, Tulsa, 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.
Gilcrease Hills, Tulsa ranks 5,149th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Gilcrease Hills, Tulsa
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.
Gilcrease Hills, Tulsa's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gilcrease Hills, Tulsa ranks high
- Short commute16.0 minutes each way, better than 96% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 79% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than 77% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$909 a month, better than 76% of neighborhoods
Where Gilcrease Hills, Tulsa ranks low
- School gradeF, better than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Gilcrease Hills, Tulsa
A household needs to earn about $48,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gilcrease Hills, Tulsa home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $50,931, 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 Gilcrease Hills, Tulsa's effective rate of 0.65%, 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 Gilcrease Hills, Tulsa
Gilcrease Hills, Tulsa runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Gilcrease Hills, Tulsa.
Who works in Gilcrease Hills, Tulsa, and how
Work in Gilcrease Hills, Tulsa centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Gilcrease Hills, Tulsa
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Gilcrease Hills, Tulsa.
What the weather is like in Gilcrease Hills, Tulsa, month by month
Gilcrease Hills, Tulsa sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 38° | 27° |
| April | 75° | 61° | 48° |
| July | 95° | 84° | 73° |
| October | 78° | 63° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Gilcrease Hills, Tulsa
The nearest airport, Tulsa International, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 227 miles away.
The best schools in and around Gilcrease Hills, Tulsa
Schools across Gilcrease Hills, Tulsa average an F, better than 3% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Greenwood Leadership AcademyF · 10% proficient
- Project Accept Traice EsF · 10% proficient
- Burroughs EsF · 5% proficient
Top middle schools
- Central MsF · 5% proficient
- Monroe Demonstration MsF · 1% proficient
Top high schools
- Tulsa Met HsF · 10% proficient
- Central HsF · 5% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gilcrease Hills, Tulsa school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gilcrease Hills, Tulsa 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 Gilcrease Hills, Tulsa against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Gilcrease Hills, Tulsa
Is Gilcrease Hills, Tulsa a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gilcrease Hills, Tulsa ranks 5,149th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on short commutes, state finances, and low property taxes, and lowest on the schools and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Gilcrease Hills, Tulsa expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $186,813. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $50,931 median income, cost of living beats 29% of neighborhoods.
Is Gilcrease Hills, Tulsa safe?
Gilcrease Hills, Tulsa is safer than 41% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $649 per resident a year.
Compare Gilcrease Hills, Tulsa with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gilcrease Hills, Tulsa. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gilcrease Hills, Tulsa 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.
Gilcrease Hills, Tulsa detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gilcrease Hills, Tulsa: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gilcrease Hills, Tulsa: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gilcrease Hills, Tulsa: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gilcrease Hills, Tulsa: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gilcrease Hills, Tulsa 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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