Best PlacesNoble County, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Noble County, 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.
Noble County ranks 2,042nd of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. Noise pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state finances.
The best neighborhoods in Noble County
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.
Noble County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Noble County ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 84% of counties
- Short commute19.2 minutes each way, better than 83% of counties
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 78% of counties
- Internet speedBetter than 72% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than 69% of counties
Where Noble County ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 2% of counties
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than only 11% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than only 12% of counties
- School gradeD+, better than only 15% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Noble County
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Noble County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,371, 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 Noble County'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, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Noble County
Noble County runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Noble County.
Who works in Noble County, and how
Work in Noble County centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Noble County
Noble County has more restaurants and bars per resident than 68% of counties. That concentrates in some parts of Noble County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Noble County growing, and who is moving in?
Noble County has lost about 6% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Payne County, OK.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Noble County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Noble County, month by month
Noble County sees roughly 104 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 38° | 27° |
| April | 75° | 61° | 49° |
| July | 96° | 83° | 73° |
| October | 78° | 63° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Noble County
The nearest airport, Stillwater Regional, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 237 miles away.
The best schools in and around Noble County
Schools across Noble County average a D+, better than 15% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Mulhall-orlando EsB · 48% proficient
- Mccord Public SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Perry EsC+ · 36% proficient
Top middle schools
- Stillwater MsC · 32% proficient
- Ponca City West MsD · 19% proficient
- Perry JhsD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Mulhall-orlando HsB+ · 58% proficient
- Stillwater HsC+ · 40% proficient
- Morrison HsC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Noble County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Noble County 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 Noble County against the other 3,143 counties.
Common questions about living in Noble County
Is Noble County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Noble County ranks 2,042nd of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on state finances, short commutes, and what local pay buys, and lowest on noise and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Noble County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $156,162. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $71,371 median income, cost of living beats 78% of counties.
Is Noble County safe?
Yes, Noble County is safer than 56% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $406 per resident a year.
Compare Noble County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Noble County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Noble County 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.
Noble County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Noble County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Noble County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Noble County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Noble County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Noble County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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