Best PlacesSalt Fork, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Salt Fork, 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.
Salt Fork ranks 14,488th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Salt Fork
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.
Salt Fork's strengths and weaknesses
Where Salt Fork ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 97% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 94% of towns
- Household income$112,349 median, better than 91% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
Where Salt Fork ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 45 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 6% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 11% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Salt Fork
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Salt Fork home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $112,349, 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 Salt Fork's effective rate of 0.67%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Salt Fork
Salt Fork runs younger than the country, 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 Salt Fork.
Who works in Salt Fork, and how
Work in Salt Fork centers on agriculture & forestry and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Salt Fork
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Salt Fork.
What the weather is like in Salt Fork, month by month
Salt Fork sees roughly 45 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 36° | 27° |
| April | 72° | 58° | 46° |
| July | 96° | 83° | 70° |
| October | 76° | 61° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Salt Fork
The nearest airport, Stillwater Regional, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 249 miles away.
The best schools in and around Salt Fork
Schools across Salt Fork average a C−, better than 23% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Garber EsC · 33% proficient
- Pond Creek-hunter EsC− · 30% proficient
- Billings EsD− · 12% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pond Creek-hunter MsD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Pond Creek-hunter HsC · 34% proficient
- Garber HsD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Salt Fork school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Salt Fork 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 Salt Fork against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Salt Fork
Is Salt Fork a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Salt Fork ranks 14,488th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, a stable housing market, and what local pay buys, and lowest on the weather and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Salt Fork expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $204,505. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $112,349 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Salt Fork safe?
Salt Fork is safer than 34% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $429 per resident a year.
Compare Salt Fork with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Salt Fork. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Salt Fork 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.
Salt Fork detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Salt Fork: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Salt Fork: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Salt Fork: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Salt Fork: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Salt Fork 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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