Best PlacesOakville, IA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Oakville, 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.
Oakville ranks 4,864th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Oakville
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.
Oakville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Oakville ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 95% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 93% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 90% of towns
Where Oakville ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 17% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 24% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 25% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 28% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Oakville
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Oakville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $96,598, 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 Oakville's effective rate of 1.09%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Oakville
Oakville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Oakville.
Who works in Oakville, and how
Work in Oakville centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Oakville
Oakville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Oakville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Oakville, month by month
Oakville sees roughly 92 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 25° | 18° |
| April | 63° | 51° | 41° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Oakville
The nearest airport, Southeast Iowa Regional, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 164 miles away.
The best schools in and around Oakville
Schools across Oakville average an A−, better than 84% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mediapolis Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Wapello Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mediapolis Middle SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
- Wapello Junior High SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Mediapolis High SchoolA · 73% proficient
- Wapello Senior High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Oakville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Oakville 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 Oakville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Oakville
Is Oakville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Oakville ranks 4,864th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, civic engagement, and state finances, and lowest on internet speeds and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Oakville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $210,327. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $96,598 median income, cost of living beats 90% of towns.
Is Oakville safe?
Yes, Oakville is safer than 65% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $259 per resident a year.
Compare Oakville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Oakville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Oakville 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.
Oakville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Oakville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Oakville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Oakville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Oakville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Oakville 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.