Best PlacesGreer County, OK Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood in Greer County, 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.

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Greer County ranks 2,139th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.

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The best neighborhoods in Greer County

Map of the best neighborhoods in the Greer County area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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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.

Greer County's strengths and weaknesses

Top 3%Fast internet
Top 5%Short commutes
Top 10%A stable housing market
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare Greer County with other counties.

Where Greer County ranks high

  • Internet speedBetter than 98% of counties
  • Short commute15.1 minutes each way, better than 96% of counties
  • Housing crash safetyBetter than 92% of counties
  • QuietBetter than 88% of counties
  • Low property taxBetter than 86% of counties

Where Greer County ranks low

  • Local economyBetter than only 5% of counties
  • Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of counties
  • Low vacancyBetter than only 6% of counties
  • Educational attainmentBetter than only 6% of counties
  • Air qualityBetter than only 8% of counties

What it costs to buy a home in Greer County

A household needs to earn about $27,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Greer County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,541, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.

Income to buy the median home
$27,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$641
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $110,293 home
Median rent
$672
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$562
Property tax$42
Homeowners insurance$37

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 Greer County's effective rate of 0.45%, 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.

Cumulative cost of renting versus owning the median home, first 10 years. Illustrative estimate.

Who lives in Greer County

Greer County's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.

Median age
42
about the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
17%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.2
below the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1819%
18 to 3421%
35 to 4921%
50 to 6423%
65 and older17%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Greer County.


Who works in Greer County, and how

Work in Greer County centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.

Work from home
8%
below the national average
Unemployment
5.8%
above the national average
Job growth
−4.2%
/y 2019-2023, slower than the national pace

Largest industries

Health care & social13%
Public administration12%
Education12%
Agriculture & forestry9%
Retail trade9%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 88%
  • Work from home 8%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 4%

Life in Greer County

The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Greer County.


Is Greer County growing, and who is moving in?

Greer County has lost about 11% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Oklahoma City, OK.

Population growth
-11%
over the decade, vs about 6% nationally
Population
5,433
down from 6,123
Population by year. Source: U.S. Census Population Estimates Program.

Where new residents come from

Oklahoma City, OK258 / yr
Tulsa, OK133 / yr
Kiowa County, OK88 / yr
Atoka County, OK56 / yr
Beckham County, OK50 / yr

Where people leaving Greer County go

Dallas, TX1,014 / yr
Jackson County, OK259 / yr
Oklahoma City, OK176 / yr
Beckham County, OK110 / yr
Collingsworth County, TX102 / yr

Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.


What the weather is like in Greer County, month by month

Greer County sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January55°40°29°
April78°62°49°
July98°85°73°
October79°64°52°

Flying in and out of Greer County

The nearest airport, Lawton-Fort Sill Regional, is about 64 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 197 miles away.

Nearest airport
LAW
Lawton-Fort Sill Regional, about 64 miles
Airport size
Nonhub
288th-busiest in the US, 3 nonstop destinations
Average drive
92 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around Greer County

Schools across Greer County average a D+, better than 15% of counties.

Top elementary schools

Top middle schools

Top high schools

Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Greer County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


Greer 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 Greer County against the other 3,143 counties.


Common questions about living in Greer County

Is Greer County a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Greer County ranks 2,139th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on fast internet, short commutes, and a stable housing market, and lowest on a weak job market and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is Greer County expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $110,293. The overall cost of living runs about 26% below the national average. Set against a $61,541 median income, cost of living beats 52% of counties.

Is Greer County safe?

Greer County is safer than 27% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $516 per resident a year.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Greer County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Greer 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.

Greer County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for Greer County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in Greer County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of Greer County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in Greer County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

Greer County detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. 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.
  2. U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
  3. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  4. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  5. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  6. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  7. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  8. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  9. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  10. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  11. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  12. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  13. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.