Best PlacesMidwest City, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Midwest City, 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.
Midwest City ranks 1,759th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Midwest City
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.
Midwest City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Midwest City ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 93% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 88% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 73% of cities
- Short commute23.0 minutes each way, better than 71% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 70% of cities
Where Midwest City ranks low
- School gradeD, better than only 5% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 5% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than only 7% of cities
- Household income$63,022 median, better than only 12% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 14% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Midwest City
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Midwest City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,022, 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 Midwest City's effective rate of 0.88%, 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 Midwest City
Midwest City runs younger 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 Midwest City.
Who works in Midwest City, and how
Work in Midwest City centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Midwest City
Midwest City has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of cities and more parkland per resident than 93% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Midwest City and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Midwest City, month by month
Midwest City sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 39° | 30° |
| April | 74° | 61° | 51° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 76° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Midwest City
The nearest airport, Okc Will Rogers International, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 178 miles away.
The best schools in and around Midwest City
Schools across Midwest City average a D, better than 5% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- L. W. Westfall EsB+ · 53% proficient
- James Griffith Intermediate EsC+ · 37% proficient
- Barnes EsC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Nicoma Park MsC− · 31% proficient
- Carl Albert MsD+ · 25% proficient
- Choctaw MsD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Choctaw HsC− · 29% proficient
- Okla. Virtual Charter Acad HsC− · 28% proficient
- Carl Albert HsC− · 26% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Midwest City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Midwest City 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 Midwest City against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Midwest City suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 11% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Midwest City
Is Midwest City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Midwest City ranks 1,759th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on state finances, cell coverage, and a stable housing market, and lowest on the schools and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Midwest City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $159,626. The overall cost of living runs about 24% below the national average. Set against a $63,022 median income, cost of living beats 35% of cities.
Is Midwest City safe?
Midwest City is safer than 26% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $549 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Midwest City?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 52 with lows near 30. That works out to about 58 pleasant days a year, more than 5% of cities.
Is Midwest City good for families?
Schools beat 5% of cities, crime safety beats 26%, and childcare runs $946 a month.
Compare Midwest City with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Midwest City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Midwest City 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.
Midwest City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Midwest City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Midwest City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Midwest City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Midwest City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Midwest City 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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