Best PlacesGrady County, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Grady County, 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.
Grady County ranks 1,683rd of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Grady 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.
Grady County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Grady County ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 93% of counties
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 87% of counties
- Internet speedBetter than 86% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than 84% of counties
- Household income$78,930 median, better than 74% of counties
Where Grady County ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of counties
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than only 14% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than only 19% of counties
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 20% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Grady County
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Grady County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,930, 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 Grady County's effective rate of 0.69%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Grady County
Grady 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 Grady County.
Who works in Grady County, and how
Work in Grady County centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Grady County
Grady County has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties. That concentrates in some parts of Grady County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Grady County growing, and who is moving in?
Grady County has grown about 8% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Oklahoma City, OK metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Grady County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Grady County, month by month
Grady County sees roughly 96 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 38° | 28° |
| April | 74° | 60° | 48° |
| July | 96° | 83° | 72° |
| October | 77° | 62° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Grady County
The nearest airport, Okc Will Rogers International, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 160 miles away.
The best schools in and around Grady County
Schools across Grady County average a C−, better than 29% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Pioneer Public SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Tuttle EsB+ · 55% proficient
- Amber-pocasset EsB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Amber-pocasset MsB− · 40% proficient
- Blanchard MsC+ · 37% proficient
- Bridge Creek MsC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Amber-pocasset HsC+ · 40% proficient
- Tuttle HsC+ · 37% proficient
- Marlow HsC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Grady County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Grady 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 Grady County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Grady County suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 87% of counties, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 8% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Grady County
Is Grady County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Grady County ranks 1,683rd of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on cell coverage, what local pay buys, and fast internet, and lowest on air quality and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Grady County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $198,731. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $78,930 median income, cost of living beats 87% of counties.
Is Grady County safe?
Grady County is safer than 45% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $442 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Grady County?
July highs average about 96 degrees, and January highs near 53 with lows near 28. That works out to about 96 pleasant days a year, more than 58% of counties.
Is Grady County good for families?
Schools beat 29% of counties, crime safety beats 45%, and childcare runs $937 a month.
Compare Grady County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Grady County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Grady 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.
Grady County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Grady County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Grady County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Grady County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Grady County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Grady 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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