Best PlacesGrimes, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Grimes, 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.
Grimes ranks 36,754th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Tree cover pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state finances.
The best neighborhoods in Grimes
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.
Grimes' strengths and weaknesses
Where Grimes ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- QuietBetter than 88% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 87% of towns
- Short commute20.4 minutes each way, better than 86% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 85% of towns
Where Grimes ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 5% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 6% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 6% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Grimes
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Grimes home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,251, 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 Grimes' effective rate of 0.41%, 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 Grimes
Grimes runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Grimes.
Who works in Grimes, and how
Work in Grimes centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Grimes
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Grimes.
What the weather is like in Grimes, month by month
Grimes sees roughly 122 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 37° | 27° |
| April | 74° | 59° | 47° |
| July | 95° | 82° | 70° |
| October | 76° | 61° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Grimes
The nearest airport, Lawton-Fort Sill Regional, is about 98 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 236 miles away.
The best schools in and around Grimes
Schools across Grimes average a C, better than 38% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cheyenne EsB · 45% proficient
- Sayre EsC · 32% proficient
- Sweetwater EsD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sayre MsD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Sayre HsC− · 27% proficient
- Sweetwater HsD+ · 25% proficient
- Cheyenne HsD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Grimes school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Grimes 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 Grimes against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Grimes
Is Grimes a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Grimes ranks 36,754th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, quiet, and low property taxes, and lowest on tree cover and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Grimes expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $169,847. The overall cost of living runs about 26% below the national average. Set against a $63,251 median income, cost of living beats 60% of towns.
Is Grimes safe?
Grimes is safer than 7% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $765 per resident a year.
Compare Grimes with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Grimes. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Grimes 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.
Grimes detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Grimes: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Grimes: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Grimes: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Grimes: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Grimes 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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