Best PlacesOwasso, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Owasso, 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.
Owasso ranks 889th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Owasso
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 Owasso
The parts of Owasso, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Camelot Estates-Tulsa
Lakeshore Greens
Honey Creek at Bailey Ranch
Elm Creek Estates & Three Lakes
Scores across Owasso run from about the 27th to the 91st percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Owasso's strengths and weaknesses
Where Owasso ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 93% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 84% of cities
- Short commute21.0 minutes each way, better than 82% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 81% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 78% of cities
Where Owasso ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 7% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 15% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than only 15% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than only 21% of cities
- BikingBetter than only 28% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Owasso
A household needs to earn about $71,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Owasso home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $90,231, 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 Owasso'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 Owasso
Owasso runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Owasso.
Who works in Owasso, and how
Work in Owasso centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Owasso
Owasso has more restaurants and bars per resident than 77% of cities and more parkland per resident than 89% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Owasso and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Owasso, month by month
Owasso sees roughly 79 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 38° | 27° |
| April | 75° | 61° | 48° |
| July | 95° | 84° | 73° |
| October | 78° | 63° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Owasso
The nearest airport, Tulsa International, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 217 miles away.
The best schools in and around Owasso
Schools across Owasso average a C+, better than 35% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Pamela Hodson EsB+ · 50% proficient
- Larkin Bailey EsB− · 42% proficient
- Collinsville Upper EsB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Owasso 6th Grade CtrB− · 39% proficient
- Owasso 7th Grade CtrC+ · 36% proficient
- Owasso 8th Grade CtrC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Owasso HsC+ · 38% proficient
- Union HsD+ · 24% proficient
- Collinsville HsD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Owasso school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Owasso 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 Owasso against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Owasso suits
Families
Schools land around the 35th percentile and crime safety beats 78%.
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 13% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Owasso
Is Owasso a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Owasso ranks 889th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on state finances, a stable housing market, and short commutes, and lowest on state infrastructure and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Owasso expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $274,463. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $90,231 median income, cost of living beats 69% of cities.
Is Owasso safe?
Yes, Owasso is safer than 78% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $316 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Owasso?
July highs average about 95 degrees, and January highs near 52 with lows near 27. That works out to about 79 pleasant days a year, more than 43% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Owasso?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Camelot Estates-Tulsa, Lakeshore Greens, and Honey Creek at Bailey Ranch. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Owasso with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Owasso. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Owasso 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.
Owasso detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Owasso: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Owasso: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Owasso: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Owasso: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Owasso 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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