Best PlacesGray Horse, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gray Horse, 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.
Gray Horse ranks 42,425th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Gray Horse
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.
Gray Horse's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gray Horse ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 92% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 107 pleasant days a year, better than 73% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 64% of towns
Where Gray Horse ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 2% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 9% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Gray Horse
A household needs to earn about $25,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gray Horse home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,308, 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 Gray Horse's effective rate of 0.61%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Gray Horse
Gray Horse runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Gray Horse.
Who works in Gray Horse, and how
Work in Gray Horse centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Gray Horse
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Gray Horse.
What the weather is like in Gray Horse, month by month
Gray Horse sees roughly 107 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 36° | 26° |
| April | 74° | 60° | 48° |
| July | 94° | 83° | 72° |
| October | 76° | 62° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Gray Horse
The nearest airport, Stillwater Regional, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 217 miles away.
The best schools in and around Gray Horse
Schools across Gray Horse average a D−, better than 3% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Woodland EsD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Woodland Upper EsF · 10% proficient
- Hominy MsF · 5% proficient
Top high schools
- Woodland HsD− · 14% proficient
- Hominy HsD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gray Horse school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gray Horse 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 Gray Horse against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Gray Horse
Is Gray Horse a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gray Horse ranks 42,425th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, quiet, and state finances, and lowest on a weak job market and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Gray Horse expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $99,791. The overall cost of living runs about 25% below the national average. Set against a $61,308 median income, cost of living beats 56% of towns.
Is Gray Horse safe?
Gray Horse is safer than 12% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $631 per resident a year.
Compare Gray Horse with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gray Horse. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gray Horse 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.
Gray Horse detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gray Horse: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gray Horse: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gray Horse: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gray Horse: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gray Horse 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.