Best PlacesMccurtain, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mccurtain, 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.
Mccurtain ranks 47,497th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and low incomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Mccurtain
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.
Mccurtain's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mccurtain ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 81% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 61% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 60% of towns
Where Mccurtain ranks low
- Household income$43,651 median, better than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 6% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mccurtain
A household needs to earn about $23,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mccurtain home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $43,651, 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 Mccurtain's effective rate of 0.47%, 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 Mccurtain
Mccurtain runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mccurtain.
Who works in Mccurtain, and how
Work in Mccurtain centers on health care & social and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Mccurtain
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mccurtain.
What the weather is like in Mccurtain, month by month
Mccurtain sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 39° | 31° |
| April | 73° | 61° | 50° |
| July | 95° | 83° | 73° |
| October | 77° | 63° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Mccurtain
The nearest airport, Fort Smith Regional, is about 35 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 193 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mccurtain
Schools across Mccurtain average a D, better than 6% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bokoshe EsD · 20% proficient
- Kinta EsD− · 15% proficient
- Mccurtain EsD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Bokoshe HsD+ · 25% proficient
- Mccurtain HsD+ · 25% proficient
- Keota HsF · 10% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mccurtain school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mccurtain 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 Mccurtain against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mccurtain
Is Mccurtain a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mccurtain ranks 47,497th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, state finances, and low property taxes, and lowest on low incomes and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mccurtain expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $90,631. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $43,651 median income, cost of living beats 6% of towns.
Is Mccurtain safe?
Mccurtain is safer than 19% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $563 per resident a year.
Compare Mccurtain with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mccurtain. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mccurtain 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.
Mccurtain detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mccurtain: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mccurtain: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mccurtain: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mccurtain: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mccurtain 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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