Best PlacesRussett, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Russett, 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.
Russett ranks 40,921st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Russett
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.
Russett's strengths and weaknesses
Where Russett ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 149 pleasant days a year, better than 92% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 66% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 61% of towns
- QuietBetter than 57% of towns
Where Russett ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 6% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 7% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Russett
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Russett home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,784, 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 Russett's effective rate of 0.85%, 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 Russett
Russett 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 Russett.
Who works in Russett, and how
Work in Russett centers on manufacturing and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Russett
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Russett.
What the weather is like in Russett, month by month
Russett sees roughly 149 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 41° | 30° |
| April | 75° | 62° | 51° |
| July | 95° | 83° | 72° |
| October | 78° | 64° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Russett
Dallas-Fort Worth International sits about 88 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 41.3 million passengers in 2025, with 289 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Russett
Schools across Russett average a D, better than 7% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Madill EsC− · 26% proficient
- Tishomingo EsF · 10% proficient
- Ravia Public SchoolF · 8% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tishomingo MsD− · 19% proficient
- Madill MsD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Tishomingo HsC− · 27% proficient
- Madill HsD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Russett school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Russett 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 Russett against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Russett
Is Russett a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Russett ranks 40,921st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, state finances, and big-city access, and lowest on air quality and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Russett expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $168,784. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $60,784 median income, cost of living beats 47% of towns.
Is Russett safe?
Russett is safer than 15% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $591 per resident a year.
Compare Russett with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Russett. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Russett 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.
Russett detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Russett: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Russett: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Russett: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Russett: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Russett 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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