Best PlacesKingfisher County, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Kingfisher County, 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.
Kingfisher County ranks 1,759th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. Tree cover pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on cell coverage.
The best neighborhoods in Kingfisher County
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.
Kingfisher County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kingfisher County ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 89% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than 84% of counties
- WalkabilityBetter than 84% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 78% of counties
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 76% of counties
Where Kingfisher County ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 5% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than only 7% of counties
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of counties
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 13% of counties
- Cheap childcare$947 a month, better than only 22% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Kingfisher County
A household needs to earn about $54,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kingfisher County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,668, 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 Kingfisher County's effective rate of 0.61%, 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 Kingfisher County
Kingfisher County'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 Kingfisher County.
Who works in Kingfisher County, and how
Work in Kingfisher County centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Kingfisher County
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Kingfisher County.
Is Kingfisher County growing, and who is moving in?
Kingfisher County has grown about 2% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Oklahoma City, OK.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Kingfisher County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Kingfisher County, month by month
Kingfisher County sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 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° | 59° | 47° |
| July | 95° | 83° | 72° |
| October | 76° | 62° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Kingfisher County
The nearest airport, Okc Will Rogers International, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 214 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kingfisher County
Schools across Kingfisher County average a C−, better than 23% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Lomega EsB · 47% proficient
- Heritage ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- Piedmont EsB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Piedmont Intermediate EsC+ · 37% proficient
- Okarche JhsD+ · 27% proficient
- Cashion MsD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Piedmont HsC+ · 40% proficient
- Cashion HsC− · 30% proficient
- Dover HsD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kingfisher County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kingfisher County 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 Kingfisher County against the other 3,143 counties.
Common questions about living in Kingfisher County
Is Kingfisher County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kingfisher County ranks 1,759th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on cell coverage, state finances, and walkability, and lowest on tree cover and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kingfisher County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $211,529. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $71,668 median income, cost of living beats 76% of counties.
Is Kingfisher County safe?
Kingfisher County is safer than 25% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $530 per resident a year.
Compare Kingfisher County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kingfisher County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kingfisher County 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.
Kingfisher County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kingfisher County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kingfisher County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kingfisher County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kingfisher County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kingfisher County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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