Best PlacesPearson, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pearson, 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.
Pearson ranks 41,562nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The schools pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state finances.
The best neighborhoods in Pearson
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.
Pearson's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pearson ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- QuietBetter than 88% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 84% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 83% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 50% of towns
Where Pearson ranks low
- School gradeD−, better than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 8% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pearson
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pearson home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,174, 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 Pearson's effective rate of 0.44%, 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 Pearson
Pearson runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pearson.
Who works in Pearson, and how
Work in Pearson centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Pearson
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pearson.
What the weather is like in Pearson, month by month
Pearson sees roughly 60 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 39° | 30° |
| April | 74° | 61° | 50° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 72° |
| October | 76° | 63° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Pearson
The nearest airport, Okc Will Rogers International, is about 44 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 150 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pearson
Schools across Pearson average a D−, better than 2% of towns.
Top elementary schools
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pearson school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pearson 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 Pearson against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pearson
Is Pearson a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pearson ranks 41,562nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, quiet, and low property taxes, and lowest on the schools and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pearson expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $167,449. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $66,174 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Pearson safe?
Pearson is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $377 per resident a year.
Compare Pearson with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pearson. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pearson 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.
Pearson detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pearson: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pearson: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pearson: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pearson: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pearson 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.