Best PlacesHoyt, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hoyt, 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.
Hoyt ranks 34,504th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hoyt
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.
Hoyt's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hoyt ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 97% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 87% of towns
- QuietBetter than 80% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 73% of towns
Where Hoyt ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 13% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hoyt
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hoyt home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,614, 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 Hoyt's effective rate of 0.42%, 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 Hoyt
Hoyt runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hoyt.
Who works in Hoyt, and how
Work in Hoyt centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Hoyt
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hoyt.
What the weather is like in Hoyt, month by month
Hoyt sees roughly 93 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 39° | 31° |
| April | 73° | 61° | 50° |
| July | 95° | 83° | 73° |
| October | 77° | 63° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Hoyt
The nearest airport, Fort Smith Regional, is about 43 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 192 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hoyt
Schools across Hoyt average a D+, better than 14% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Stigler EsC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Stigler MsD− · 16% proficient
Top high schools
- Stigler HsD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hoyt school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hoyt 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 Hoyt against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hoyt
Is Hoyt a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hoyt ranks 34,504th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, state finances, and low property taxes, and lowest on disaster risk and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hoyt expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $167,691. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $54,614 median income, cost of living beats 28% of towns.
Is Hoyt safe?
Yes, Hoyt is safer than 73% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $302 per resident a year.
Compare Hoyt with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hoyt. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hoyt 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.
Hoyt detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hoyt: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hoyt: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hoyt: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hoyt: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hoyt 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.