Best PlacesJoy, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Joy, 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.
Joy ranks 40,575th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Air quality pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state finances.
The best neighborhoods in Joy
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.
Joy's strengths and weaknesses
Where Joy ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 79% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 74% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 62% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 62% of towns
Where Joy ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 57 pleasant days a year, better than only 5% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 10% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Joy
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Joy home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $62,533, 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 Joy's effective rate of 0.52%, 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 Joy
Joy'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 Joy.
Who works in Joy, and how
Work in Joy centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Joy
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Joy.
What the weather is like in Joy, month by month
Joy sees roughly 57 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 39° | 29° |
| April | 75° | 61° | 49° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 71° |
| October | 78° | 63° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Joy
The nearest airport, Okc Will Rogers International, is about 63 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 116 miles away.
The best schools in and around Joy
Schools across Joy average a D+, better than 10% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Davis EsC− · 28% proficient
- Central EsD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Davis MsC · 31% proficient
- Wynnewood MsD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Davis HsD · 20% proficient
- Wynnewood HsD− · 12% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Joy school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Joy 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 Joy against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Joy
Is Joy a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Joy ranks 40,575th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, a strong job market, and low property taxes, and lowest on air quality and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Joy expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $187,171. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $62,533 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Joy safe?
Yes, Joy is safer than 62% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $368 per resident a year.
Compare Joy with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Joy. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Joy 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.
Joy detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Joy: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Joy: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Joy: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Joy: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Joy 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.