Best PlacesKildare, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kildare, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Kildare ranks 33,108th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Tree cover pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state finances.
The best neighborhoods in Kildare
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.
Kildare's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kildare ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 82% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 113 pleasant days a year, better than 76% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 73% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 72% of towns
Where Kildare ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 10% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kildare
A household needs to earn about $32,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kildare home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,868, 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 Kildare's effective rate of 0.68%, 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 Kildare
Kildare runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65, 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 Kildare.
Who works in Kildare, and how
Work in Kildare centers on manufacturing and public administration. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 97%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Kildare
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Kildare.
What the weather is like in Kildare, month by month
Kildare sees roughly 113 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 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° | 60° | 48° |
| July | 94° | 83° | 72° |
| October | 76° | 62° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Kildare
The nearest airport, Stillwater Regional, is about 45 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 214 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kildare
Schools across Kildare average a D+, better than 14% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kildare Public SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Ponca City HsC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kildare school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kildare 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 Kildare against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kildare
Is Kildare a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kildare ranks 33,108th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, cell coverage, and the weather, and lowest on tree cover and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kildare expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $125,200. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $69,868 median income, cost of living beats 57% of towns.
Is Kildare safe?
Yes, Kildare is safer than 72% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $287 per resident a year.
Compare Kildare with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kildare. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kildare 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.
Kildare detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kildare: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kildare: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kildare: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kildare: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kildare 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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