Best PlacesOkarche, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Okarche, 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.
Okarche ranks 15,721st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Okarche
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.
Okarche's strengths and weaknesses
Where Okarche ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 91% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 90% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 87% of towns
- Household income$92,468 median, better than 79% of towns
Where Okarche ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 7% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Okarche
A household needs to earn about $65,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Okarche home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $92,468, 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 Okarche'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 and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Okarche
Okarche's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Okarche.
Who works in Okarche, and how
Work in Okarche centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Okarche
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Okarche.
What the weather is like in Okarche, month by month
Okarche sees roughly 110 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 37° | 28° |
| April | 73° | 58° | 47° |
| July | 95° | 82° | 71° |
| October | 74° | 61° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Okarche
The nearest airport, Okc Will Rogers International, is about 31 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 203 miles away.
The best schools in and around Okarche
Schools across Okarche average a C−, better than 25% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lomega EsB · 47% proficient
- Heritage ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- Northwood EsB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Piedmont Intermediate EsC+ · 37% proficient
- Okarche JhsD+ · 27% proficient
- Cashion MsD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Piedmont HsC+ · 40% proficient
- Yukon HsC · 31% proficient
- Cashion HsC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Okarche school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Okarche 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 Okarche against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Okarche
Is Okarche a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Okarche ranks 15,721st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, cell coverage, and state finances, and lowest on tree cover and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Okarche expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $252,090. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $92,468 median income, cost of living beats 91% of towns.
Is Okarche safe?
Okarche is safer than 27% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $483 per resident a year.
Compare Okarche with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Okarche. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Okarche 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.
Okarche detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Okarche: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Okarche: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Okarche: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Okarche: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Okarche 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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