Best PlacesMaple, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Maple, 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.
Maple ranks 40,763rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Civic engagement pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state finances.
The best neighborhoods in Maple
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.
Maple's strengths and weaknesses
Where Maple ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 79% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 74% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 72% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 64% of towns
Where Maple ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 6% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 7% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 9% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Maple
A household needs to earn about $29,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Maple home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $53,542, 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 Maple's 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 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 Maple
Maple'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 Maple.
Who works in Maple, and how
Work in Maple centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 97%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Maple
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Maple.
What the weather is like in Maple, month by month
Maple sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 39° | 30° |
| April | 73° | 60° | 50° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 72° |
| October | 77° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Maple
The nearest airport, Fort Smith Regional, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 221 miles away.
The best schools in and around Maple
Schools across Maple average a D+, better than 14% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Muldrow EsC− · 30% proficient
- Liberty Public SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Central EsD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Muldrow MsC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Muldrow HsD · 23% proficient
- Central HsD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Maple school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Maple 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 Maple against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Maple
Is Maple a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Maple ranks 40,763rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, a strong job market, and low property taxes, and lowest on civic engagement and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Maple expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $115,497. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $53,542 median income, cost of living beats 20% of towns.
Is Maple safe?
Maple is safer than 53% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $377 per resident a year.
Compare Maple with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Maple. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Maple 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.
Maple detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Maple: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Maple: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Maple: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Maple: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Maple 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.