Best PlacesHarmon County, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Harmon 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.
Harmon County ranks 2,897th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Harmon 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.
Harmon County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Harmon County ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 97% of counties
- Short commute18.2 minutes each way, better than 87% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than 84% of counties
- WalkabilityBetter than 80% of counties
- QuietBetter than 78% of counties
Where Harmon County ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 1% of counties
- Household income$42,973 median, better than only 1% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of counties
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of counties
- Low vacancyBetter than only 6% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Harmon County
A household needs to earn about $23,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Harmon County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $42,973, 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 Harmon County's effective rate of 0.70%, 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 Harmon County
Harmon County runs older 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 Harmon County.
Who works in Harmon County, and how
Work in Harmon County centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Harmon County
Harmon County has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of counties. That concentrates in some parts of Harmon County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Harmon County growing, and who is moving in?
Harmon County has lost about 17% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Greer County, OK.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Harmon County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Harmon County, month by month
Harmon County sees roughly 122 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 41° | 30° |
| April | 79° | 62° | 49° |
| July | 98° | 85° | 73° |
| October | 79° | 64° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Harmon County
The nearest airport, Lawton-Fort Sill Regional, is about 85 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 206 miles away.
The best schools in and around Harmon County
Schools across Harmon County average a C−, better than 28% of counties.
Top elementary schools
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Harmon County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Harmon 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 Harmon County against the other 3,143 counties.
Common questions about living in Harmon County
Is Harmon County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Harmon County ranks 2,897th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on a stable housing market, short commutes, and state finances, and lowest on internet speeds and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Harmon County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $90,747. The overall cost of living runs about 32% below the national average. Set against a $42,973 median income, cost of living beats 19% of counties.
Is Harmon County safe?
Harmon County is safer than 3% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $904 per resident a year.
Compare Harmon County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Harmon County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Harmon 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.
Harmon County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Harmon County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Harmon County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Harmon County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Harmon County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Harmon 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.