Best PlacesOkesa, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Okesa, 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.
Okesa ranks 29,861st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Okesa
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.
Okesa's strengths and weaknesses
Where Okesa ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 76% of towns
Where Okesa ranks low
- School gradeD, better than only 7% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 9% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
- Short commute35.6 minutes each way, better than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Okesa
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Okesa home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,252, 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 Okesa's effective rate of 0.51%, 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 Okesa
Okesa runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Okesa.
Who works in Okesa, and how
Work in Okesa centers on professional & technical and wholesale trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Okesa
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Okesa.
What the weather is like in Okesa, month by month
Okesa sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 35° | 25° |
| April | 73° | 59° | 46° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 70° |
| October | 75° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Okesa
The nearest airport, Tulsa International, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 194 miles away.
The best schools in and around Okesa
Schools across Okesa average a D, better than 7% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bowring Public SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Osage Hills Public SchoolD · 19% proficient
- Barnsdall EsD · 19% proficient
Top middle schools
- Central MsC · 31% proficient
- Pawhuska MsF · 8% proficient
Top high schools
- Bartlesville HsC+ · 39% proficient
- Wynona HsD+ · 25% proficient
- Barnsdall HsD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Okesa school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Okesa 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 Okesa against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Okesa
Is Okesa a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Okesa ranks 29,861st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, quiet, and a stable housing market, and lowest on the schools and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Okesa expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $181,967. The overall cost of living runs about 26% below the national average. Set against a $73,252 median income, cost of living beats 75% of towns.
Is Okesa safe?
Okesa is safer than 33% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $442 per resident a year.
Compare Okesa with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Okesa. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Okesa 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.
Okesa detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Okesa: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Okesa: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Okesa: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Okesa: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Okesa 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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