Best PlacesKeyes, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Keyes, 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.
Keyes ranks 8,930th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Keyes
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.
Keyes' strengths and weaknesses
Where Keyes ranks high
- Short commute11.8 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$128,026 median, better than 95% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 93% of towns
Where Keyes ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 6% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Keyes
A household needs to earn about $34,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Keyes home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $128,026, 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 Keyes' effective rate of 0.53%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Keyes
Keyes runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Keyes.
Who works in Keyes, and how
Work in Keyes centers on agriculture & forestry and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 50%
- Work from home 37%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Keyes
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Keyes.
What the weather is like in Keyes, month by month
Keyes sees roughly 147 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 35° | 24° |
| April | 74° | 55° | 41° |
| July | 94° | 79° | 66° |
| October | 75° | 58° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Keyes
The nearest airport, Liberal Mid-America Regional, is about 73 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 248 miles away.
The best schools in and around Keyes
Schools across Keyes average a D+, better than 9% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Yarbrough EsC · 33% proficient
- Campo Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Elkhart ElemD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Elkhart Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Campo Undivided High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Boise City HsD+ · 25% proficient
- Elkhart HighD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Keyes school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Keyes 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 Keyes against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Keyes
Is Keyes a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Keyes ranks 8,930th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, what local pay buys, and clean air, and lowest on tree cover and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Keyes expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $133,300. The overall cost of living runs about 24% below the national average. Set against a $128,026 median income, cost of living beats 99% of towns.
Is Keyes safe?
Keyes is safer than 26% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $492 per resident a year.
Compare Keyes with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Keyes. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Keyes 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.
Keyes detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Keyes: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Keyes: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Keyes: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Keyes: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Keyes 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.