Best PlacesPrairie Hill, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Prairie Hill, 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.
Prairie Hill ranks 45,463rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Prairie Hill
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.
Prairie Hill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Prairie Hill ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- QuietBetter than 70% of towns
- Short commute24.2 minutes each way, better than 68% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 67% of towns
Where Prairie Hill ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 47 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 5% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Prairie Hill
A household needs to earn about $27,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Prairie Hill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,083, 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 Prairie Hill'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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Prairie Hill
Prairie Hill runs older than the country, 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 Prairie Hill.
Who works in Prairie Hill, and how
Work in Prairie Hill centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Prairie Hill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Prairie Hill.
What the weather is like in Prairie Hill, month by month
Prairie Hill sees roughly 47 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 40° | 29° |
| April | 78° | 62° | 49° |
| July | 98° | 85° | 73° |
| October | 79° | 64° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Prairie Hill
The nearest airport, Lawton-Fort Sill Regional, is about 65 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 185 miles away.
The best schools in and around Prairie Hill
Schools across Prairie Hill average a D, better than 6% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Duke EsD− · 13% proficient
- Olustee-eldorado EsF · 9% proficient
Top middle schools
- Altus Intermediate SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Olustee-eldorado HsD+ · 25% proficient
- Duke HsD+ · 25% proficient
- Altus HsD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Prairie Hill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Prairie Hill 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 Prairie Hill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Prairie Hill
Is Prairie Hill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Prairie Hill ranks 45,463rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, state finances, and quiet, and lowest on the weather and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Prairie Hill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $105,389. The overall cost of living runs about 25% below the national average. Set against a $63,083 median income, cost of living beats 56% of towns.
Is Prairie Hill safe?
Prairie Hill is safer than 3% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $943 per resident a year.
Compare Prairie Hill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Prairie Hill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Prairie Hill 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.
Prairie Hill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Prairie Hill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Prairie Hill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Prairie Hill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Prairie Hill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Prairie Hill 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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