Best PlacesRingold, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ringold, 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.
Ringold ranks 44,734th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Ringold
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.
Ringold's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ringold ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 93% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- QuietBetter than 82% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 80% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 74% of towns
Where Ringold ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 7% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 8% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ringold
A household needs to earn about $34,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ringold home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $51,391, 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 Ringold's effective rate of 0.33%, 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 Ringold
Ringold's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Ringold.
Who works in Ringold, and how
Work in Ringold 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 94%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Ringold
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ringold.
What the weather is like in Ringold, month by month
Ringold sees roughly 95 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 54, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54° | 43° | 33° |
| April | 74° | 62° | 53° |
| July | 94° | 83° | 74° |
| October | 78° | 65° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Ringold
The nearest airport, Texarkana Regional-Webb Field, is about 83 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 137 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ringold
Schools across Ringold average a D, better than 7% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Battiest EsC · 33% proficient
- Valliant EsC− · 28% proficient
- Wright City EsD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wright City JhsD+ · 27% proficient
- Rattan JhsD · 22% proficient
- Valliant MsD− · 13% proficient
Top high schools
- Battiest HsC− · 27% proficient
- Rattan HsD− · 17% proficient
- Wright City HsD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ringold school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ringold 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 Ringold against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ringold
Is Ringold a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ringold ranks 44,734th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, state finances, and quiet, and lowest on internet speeds and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ringold expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $137,554. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $51,391 median income, cost of living beats 12% of towns.
Is Ringold safe?
Ringold is safer than 34% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $459 per resident a year.
Compare Ringold with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ringold. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ringold 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.
Ringold detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ringold: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ringold: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ringold: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ringold: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ringold 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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