Best PlacesPauls Valley, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pauls Valley, 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.
Pauls Valley ranks 41,499th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Pauls Valley
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.
Pauls Valley's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pauls Valley ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of towns
- TransitBetter than 90% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 88% of towns
- BikingBetter than 84% of towns
Where Pauls Valley ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 57 pleasant days a year, better than only 4% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 6% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 6% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 9% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pauls Valley
A household needs to earn about $31,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pauls Valley home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,690, 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 Pauls Valley's effective rate of 0.60%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pauls Valley
Pauls Valley'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 Pauls Valley.
Who works in Pauls Valley, and how
Work in Pauls Valley centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Pauls Valley
Pauls Valley has more restaurants and bars per resident than 84% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Pauls Valley and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Pauls Valley, month by month
Pauls Valley sees roughly 57 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 39° | 29° |
| April | 75° | 61° | 49° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 71° |
| October | 78° | 63° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Pauls Valley
The nearest airport, Okc Will Rogers International, is about 50 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 128 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pauls Valley
Schools across Pauls Valley average a D+, better than 14% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Whitebead Public SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Central EsD · 20% proficient
- Elmore City-pernell EsD · 19% proficient
Top middle schools
- Stratford MsC · 35% proficient
- Pauls Valley Intermediate SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Pauls Valley JhsD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Stratford HsC+ · 37% proficient
- Maysville HsC · 34% proficient
- Elmore City-pernell HsD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pauls Valley school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pauls Valley 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 Pauls Valley against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pauls Valley
Is Pauls Valley a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pauls Valley ranks 41,499th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, transit, and state finances, and lowest on the weather and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pauls Valley expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $120,359. The overall cost of living runs about 24% below the national average. Set against a $58,690 median income, cost of living beats 41% of towns.
Is Pauls Valley safe?
Pauls Valley is safer than 31% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $545 per resident a year.
Compare Pauls Valley with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pauls Valley. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pauls Valley 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.
Pauls Valley detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pauls Valley: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pauls Valley: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pauls Valley: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pauls Valley: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pauls Valley 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.