Best PlacesPooleville, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pooleville, 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.
Pooleville ranks 33,095th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Air quality pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state finances.
The best neighborhoods in Pooleville
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.
Pooleville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pooleville ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Short commute22.4 minutes each way, better than 78% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 68% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 66% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 63% of towns
Where Pooleville ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 12% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pooleville
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pooleville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,131, 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 Pooleville's effective rate of 0.59%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pooleville
Pooleville runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pooleville.
Who works in Pooleville, and how
Work in Pooleville 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 86%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Pooleville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pooleville.
What the weather is like in Pooleville, month by month
Pooleville sees roughly 84 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 54, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54° | 42° | 32° |
| April | 74° | 62° | 52° |
| July | 94° | 83° | 73° |
| October | 77° | 64° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Pooleville
The nearest airport, Lawton-Fort Sill Regional, is about 80 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 90 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pooleville
Schools across Pooleville average a D+, better than 12% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Plainview Intermediate EsB+ · 51% proficient
- Dickson Upper EsC− · 27% proficient
- Springer EsD− · 14% proficient
Top middle schools
- Plainview MsB− · 41% proficient
- Dickson MsD− · 14% proficient
- Ardmore MsD− · 13% proficient
Top high schools
- Plainview HsC+ · 40% proficient
- Springer HsD+ · 25% proficient
- Dickson HsD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pooleville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pooleville 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 Pooleville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pooleville
Is Pooleville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pooleville ranks 33,095th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, short commutes, and what local pay buys, and lowest on air quality and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pooleville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $228,961. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $70,131 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Pooleville safe?
Pooleville is safer than 47% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $380 per resident a year.
Compare Pooleville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pooleville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pooleville 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.
Pooleville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pooleville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pooleville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pooleville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pooleville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pooleville 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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