Best PlacesLangley, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Langley, 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.
Langley ranks 37,150th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Langley
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.
Langley's strengths and weaknesses
Where Langley ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 92% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 84% of towns
- BikingBetter than 77% of towns
Where Langley ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 2% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 8% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Langley
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Langley home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,017, 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 Langley's effective rate of 0.59%, 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 Langley
Langley runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Langley.
Who works in Langley, and how
Work in Langley centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Langley
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Langley.
What the weather is like in Langley, month by month
Langley sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 36° | 28° |
| April | 72° | 59° | 48° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 73° | 60° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Langley
The nearest airport, Northwest Arkansas Ntl, is about 44 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 196 miles away.
The best schools in and around Langley
Schools across Langley average a D, better than 8% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ketchum EsC− · 28% proficient
- Jay EsD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ketchum MsD− · 18% proficient
- Jay Upper EsD− · 14% proficient
Top high schools
- Jay HsD− · 15% proficient
- Ketchum HsF · 11% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Langley school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Langley 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 Langley against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Langley
Is Langley a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Langley ranks 37,150th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, walkability, and state finances, and lowest on health outcomes and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Langley expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $169,084. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $67,017 median income, cost of living beats 54% of towns.
Is Langley safe?
Langley is safer than 16% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $590 per resident a year.
Compare Langley with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Langley. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Langley 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.
Langley detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Langley: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Langley: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Langley: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Langley: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Langley 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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