Best PlacesPershing, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pershing, 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.
Pershing ranks 19,903rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Pershing
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.
Pershing's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pershing ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 86% of towns
- Household income$89,773 median, better than 76% of towns
Where Pershing ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 5% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 11% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pershing
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pershing home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $89,773, 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 Pershing's effective rate of 0.55%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pershing
Pershing runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pershing.
Who works in Pershing, and how
Work in Pershing centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Pershing
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pershing.
What the weather is like in Pershing, month by month
Pershing sees roughly 86 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 Pershing
The nearest airport, Tulsa International, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 206 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pershing
Schools across Pershing average a D−, better than 5% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Caney Valley EsD · 20% proficient
- Barnsdall EsD · 19% proficient
- Avant Public SchoolD− · 12% proficient
Top middle schools
- Caney Valley MsD− · 14% proficient
Top high schools
- Wynona HsD+ · 25% proficient
- Caney Valley HsD− · 14% proficient
- Barnsdall HsD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pershing school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pershing 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 Pershing against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pershing
Is Pershing a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pershing ranks 19,903rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, state finances, and low crime, and lowest on civic engagement and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pershing expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $185,900. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $89,773 median income, cost of living beats 86% of towns.
Is Pershing safe?
Yes, Pershing is safer than 87% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $235 per resident a year.
Compare Pershing with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pershing. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pershing 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.
Pershing detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pershing: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pershing: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pershing: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pershing: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pershing 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.