Best PlacesMocane, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mocane, 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.
Mocane ranks 31,305th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Mocane
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.
Mocane's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mocane ranks high
- Short commute14.3 minutes each way, better than 98% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of towns
- QuietBetter than 92% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 86% of towns
Where Mocane ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mocane
A household needs to earn about $30,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mocane home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $74,294, 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 Mocane's effective rate of 0.63%, 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 Mocane
Mocane runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mocane.
Who works in Mocane, and how
Work in Mocane centers on agriculture & forestry and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Mocane
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mocane.
What the weather is like in Mocane, month by month
Mocane sees roughly 119 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 33° | 20° |
| April | 74° | 55° | 39° |
| July | 96° | 80° | 66° |
| October | 76° | 57° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Mocane
The nearest airport, Liberal Mid-America Regional, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 298 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mocane
Schools across Mocane average a D+, better than 12% of towns.
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mocane school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mocane 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 Mocane against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mocane
Is Mocane a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mocane ranks 31,305th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, clean air, and quiet, and lowest on tree cover and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mocane expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $118,274. The overall cost of living runs about 25% below the national average. Set against a $74,294 median income, cost of living beats 76% of towns.
Is Mocane safe?
Mocane is safer than 5% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $867 per resident a year.
Compare Mocane with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mocane. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mocane 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.
Mocane detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mocane: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mocane: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mocane: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mocane: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mocane 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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