Best PlacesOkmulgee County, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Okmulgee County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages are not the whole story, and the strongest areas score well above them. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Okmulgee County ranks 2,706th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. The weather pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state finances.
The best neighborhoods in Okmulgee 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.
The best areas in Okmulgee County
The parts of Okmulgee County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Beggs
Incomes run higher, local pay stretches further, and more residents vote.
Okmulgee & Morris
Tree cover is thinner and prices have run up more.
Henryetta
It is noisier and fewer households have young kids.
Scores across Okmulgee County run from about the 2nd to the 49th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Okmulgee County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Okmulgee County ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 84% of counties
- Local economyBetter than 62% of counties
- WalkabilityBetter than 56% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than 56% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than 55% of counties
Where Okmulgee County ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 56 pleasant days a year, better than only 3% of counties
- School gradeD, better than only 4% of counties
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 8% of counties
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than only 10% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Okmulgee County
A household needs to earn about $33,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Okmulgee County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,615, 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 Okmulgee County's effective rate of 0.70%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Okmulgee County
Okmulgee County'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 Okmulgee County.
Who works in Okmulgee County, and how
Work in Okmulgee County centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Okmulgee County
Okmulgee County has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties. That concentrates in some parts of Okmulgee County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Okmulgee County growing, and who is moving in?
Okmulgee County has lost about 5% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Tulsa, OK metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Okmulgee County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Okmulgee County, month by month
Okmulgee County sees roughly 56 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 39° | 30° |
| April | 74° | 60° | 50° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 71° |
| October | 76° | 62° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Okmulgee County
The nearest airport, Tulsa International, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 198 miles away.
The best schools in and around Okmulgee County
Schools across Okmulgee County average a D, better than 4% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Beggs EsB+ · 55% proficient
- Morris EsB · 50% proficient
- Checotah Intermediate EsB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Central Intermediate SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Morris MsD+ · 24% proficient
- Checotah MsD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Bixby HsC+ · 40% proficient
- Graham-dustin High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Weleetka HsD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Okmulgee County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Okmulgee 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 Okmulgee County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Okmulgee County suits
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Okmulgee County
Is Okmulgee County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Okmulgee County ranks 2,706th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on state finances, a strong job market, and walkability, and lowest on the weather and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Okmulgee County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $129,275. The overall cost of living runs about 24% below the national average. Set against a $58,615 median income, cost of living beats 42% of counties.
Is Okmulgee County safe?
Okmulgee County is safer than 26% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $549 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Okmulgee County?
July highs average about 94 degrees, and January highs near 51 with lows near 30. That works out to about 56 pleasant days a year, more than 3% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Okmulgee County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Beggs, Okmulgee & Morris, and Henryetta. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Okmulgee County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Okmulgee County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Okmulgee 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.
Okmulgee County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Okmulgee County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Okmulgee County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Okmulgee County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Okmulgee County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Okmulgee 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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