Best PlacesNorge, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Norge, 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.
Norge ranks 35,165th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Air quality pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state finances.
The best neighborhoods in Norge
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.
Norge's strengths and weaknesses
Where Norge ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 76% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 73% of towns
- Short commute23.9 minutes each way, better than 69% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 65% of towns
Where Norge ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 6% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Norge
A household needs to earn about $39,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Norge home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,900, 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 Norge's effective rate of 0.76%, 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 Norge
Norge runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Norge.
Who works in Norge, and how
Work in Norge centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Norge
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Norge.
What the weather is like in Norge, month by month
Norge sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 38° | 28° |
| April | 74° | 60° | 48° |
| July | 96° | 83° | 72° |
| October | 77° | 62° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Norge
The nearest airport, Okc Will Rogers International, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 155 miles away.
The best schools in and around Norge
Schools across Norge average a C, better than 44% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pioneer Public SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Ninnekah EsC · 33% proficient
- Verden EsD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lincoln EsC− · 29% proficient
- Ninnekah MsD− · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Cement HsD+ · 25% proficient
- Senior HsD · 18% proficient
- Rush Springs HsD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Norge school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Norge 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 Norge against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Norge
Is Norge a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Norge ranks 35,165th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, what local pay buys, and cell coverage, and lowest on air quality and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Norge expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $149,047. The overall cost of living runs about 24% below the national average. Set against a $73,900 median income, cost of living beats 76% of towns.
Is Norge safe?
Norge is safer than 47% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $392 per resident a year.
Compare Norge with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Norge. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Norge 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.
Norge detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Norge: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Norge: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Norge: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Norge: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Norge 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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