Best PlacesKingston, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kingston, 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.
Kingston ranks 34,024th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Kingston
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.
Kingston's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kingston ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 156 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 90% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 82% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 74% of towns
Where Kingston ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kingston
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kingston home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $56,211, 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 Kingston's effective rate of 0.62%, 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 Kingston
Kingston runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Kingston.
Who works in Kingston, and how
Work in Kingston centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Kingston
Kingston has more restaurants and bars per resident than 90% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Kingston and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Kingston, month by month
Kingston sees roughly 156 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 43° | 34° |
| April | 75° | 63° | 53° |
| July | 97° | 84° | 73° |
| October | 81° | 66° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Kingston
Dallas-Fort Worth International sits about 76 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 41.3 million passengers in 2025, with 289 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Kingston
Schools across Kingston average a C−, better than 28% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kingston EsC+ · 37% proficient
- Silo EsC+ · 36% proficient
- Madill EsC− · 26% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kingston MsC · 32% proficient
- Silo MsD+ · 25% proficient
- Madill MsD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Kingston HsD · 22% proficient
- Silo HsD− · 17% proficient
- Madill HsD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kingston school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kingston 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 Kingston against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kingston
Is Kingston a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kingston ranks 34,024th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, a strong job market, and state finances, and lowest on summer heat and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kingston expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $185,560. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $56,211 median income, cost of living beats 21% of towns.
Is Kingston safe?
Yes, Kingston is safer than 72% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $303 per resident a year.
Compare Kingston with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kingston. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kingston 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.
Kingston detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kingston: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kingston: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kingston: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kingston: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kingston 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.