Best PlacesHerring, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Herring, 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.
Herring ranks 30,622nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
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The best neighborhoods in Herring
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.
Herring's strengths and weaknesses
Where Herring ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 120 pleasant days a year, better than 80% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 71% of towns
- Short commute24.0 minutes each way, better than 69% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 83% of towns
Where Herring ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 6% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 15% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Herring
A household needs to earn about $34,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Herring home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,101, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.7% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-08-20 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 Herring'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 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 Herring
Herring's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Herring.
Who works in Herring, and how
Work in Herring centers on agriculture & forestry and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Herring
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Herring.
What the weather is like in Herring, month by month
Herring sees roughly 120 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 Herring
The nearest airport, Lawton-Fort Sill Regional, is about 95 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 235 miles away.
The best schools in and around Herring
Schools across Herring average a C, better than 36% of towns.
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Herring school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Herring 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 Herring against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Herring
Is Herring a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Herring ranks 30,622nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, the weather, and what local pay buys, and lowest on air quality and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Herring expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $133,940. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $72,101 median income, cost of living beats 71% of towns.
Is Herring safe?
Herring is safer than 28% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $463 per resident a year.
Compare Herring with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Herring. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Herring 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.
Herring detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Herring: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Herring: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Herring: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Herring: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Herring 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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