Best PlacesHennessey, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hennessey, 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.
Hennessey ranks 34,217th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Hennessey
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.
Hennessey's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hennessey ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 97% of towns
- Short commute18.3 minutes each way, better than 92% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- BikingBetter than 86% of towns
Where Hennessey ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 45 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 7% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 7% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hennessey
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hennessey home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,983, 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 Hennessey's effective rate of 0.50%, 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 Hennessey
Hennessey runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hennessey.
Who works in Hennessey, and how
Work in Hennessey centers on health care & social and mining & oil & gas. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Hennessey
Hennessey has more restaurants and bars per resident than 88% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Hennessey and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hennessey, month by month
Hennessey sees roughly 45 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 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° | 59° | 47° |
| July | 95° | 83° | 72° |
| October | 76° | 62° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Hennessey
The nearest airport, Stillwater Regional, is about 46 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 227 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hennessey
Schools across Hennessey average a D+, better than 14% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hennessey Lower EsC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hennessey Upper EsD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Hennessey HsD− · 12% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hennessey school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hennessey 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 Hennessey against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hennessey
Is Hennessey a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hennessey ranks 34,217th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, walkability, and short commutes, and lowest on the weather and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hennessey expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $184,313. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $66,983 median income, cost of living beats 59% of towns.
Is Hennessey safe?
Hennessey is safer than 17% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $578 per resident a year.
Compare Hennessey with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hennessey. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hennessey 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.
Hennessey detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hennessey: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hennessey: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hennessey: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hennessey: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hennessey 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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