Best PlacesPryor Creek, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pryor Creek, 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.
Pryor Creek ranks 31,004th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Pryor Creek
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.
Pryor Creek's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pryor Creek ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 95% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 89% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- BikingBetter than 84% of towns
- Short commute21.7 minutes each way, better than 81% of towns
Where Pryor Creek ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 14% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 18% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 18% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pryor Creek
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pryor Creek home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $57,681, 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 Pryor Creek's effective rate of 0.64%, 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 Pryor Creek
Pryor Creek runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pryor Creek.
Who works in Pryor Creek, and how
Work in Pryor Creek centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Pryor Creek
Pryor Creek has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Pryor Creek and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Pryor Creek, month by month
Pryor Creek sees roughly 95 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 36° | 28° |
| April | 71° | 59° | 48° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 74° | 61° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Pryor Creek
The nearest airport, Tulsa International, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 210 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pryor Creek
Schools across Pryor Creek average a D+, better than 18% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bernita Hughes EsB− · 42% proficient
- Roosevelt EsC+ · 38% proficient
- Sequoyah EsC+ · 36% proficient
Top middle schools
- Adair MsC · 32% proficient
- Sequoyah MsC− · 29% proficient
- Chouteau-mazie MsC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Sequoyah HsB− · 45% proficient
- Adair HsC · 33% proficient
- Pryor HsC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pryor Creek school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pryor Creek 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 Pryor Creek against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pryor Creek
Is Pryor Creek a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pryor Creek ranks 31,004th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, walkability, and state finances, and lowest on state infrastructure and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pryor Creek expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $185,517. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $57,681 median income, cost of living beats 31% of towns.
Is Pryor Creek safe?
Yes, Pryor Creek is safer than 71% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $333 per resident a year.
Compare Pryor Creek with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pryor Creek. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pryor Creek 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.
Pryor Creek detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pryor Creek: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pryor Creek: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pryor Creek: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pryor Creek: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pryor Creek 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.