Best PlacesMazie, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mazie, 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.
Mazie ranks 24,884th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on state finances, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Mazie
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.
Mazie's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mazie ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Short commute23.1 minutes each way, better than 74% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 72% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 70% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 65% of towns
Where Mazie ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 17% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 22% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mazie
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mazie home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $75,020, 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 Mazie's effective rate of 0.69%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Mazie
Mazie 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 Mazie.
Who works in Mazie, and how
Work in Mazie centers on manufacturing and utilities. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Mazie
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mazie.
What the weather is like in Mazie, month by month
Mazie sees roughly 90 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 | 71° | 59° | 48° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 74° | 61° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Mazie
The nearest airport, Tulsa International, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 209 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mazie
Schools across Mazie average a C−, better than 28% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Roosevelt EsC+ · 38% proficient
- Lincoln EsD · 19% proficient
- Salina EsD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Chouteau-mazie MsC− · 28% proficient
- Pryor MsD+ · 24% proficient
- Salina MsD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Pryor HsC− · 28% proficient
- Salina HsD− · 14% proficient
- Chouteau-mazie HsD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mazie school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mazie 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 Mazie against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mazie
Is Mazie a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mazie ranks 24,884th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, short commutes, and low crime, and lowest on state infrastructure and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mazie expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $222,034. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $75,020 median income, cost of living beats 64% of towns.
Is Mazie safe?
Yes, Mazie is safer than 72% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $296 per resident a year.
Compare Mazie with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mazie. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mazie 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.
Mazie detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mazie: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mazie: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mazie: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mazie: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mazie 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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