Best PlacesSand Bluff, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sand Bluff, 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.
Sand Bluff ranks 46,106th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Sand Bluff
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.
Sand Bluff's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sand Bluff ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 101 pleasant days a year, better than 69% of towns
- QuietBetter than 64% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 63% of towns
Where Sand Bluff ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 6% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 7% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sand Bluff
A household needs to earn about $32,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sand Bluff home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $46,961, 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 Sand Bluff's effective rate of 0.31%, 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 Sand Bluff
Sand Bluff's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Sand Bluff.
Who works in Sand Bluff, and how
Work in Sand Bluff centers on health care & social and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Sand Bluff
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sand Bluff.
What the weather is like in Sand Bluff, month by month
Sand Bluff sees roughly 101 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 Sand Bluff
Dallas Love Field sits about 98 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 8.2 million passengers in 2025, with 91 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Sand Bluff
Schools across Sand Bluff average a D, better than 6% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Boswell EsD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Boswell MsF · 12% proficient
Top high schools
- Boswell HsD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sand Bluff school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sand Bluff 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 Sand Bluff against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sand Bluff
Is Sand Bluff a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sand Bluff ranks 46,106th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, state finances, and the weather, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sand Bluff expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $130,978. The overall cost of living runs about 14% above the national average. Set against a $46,961 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Sand Bluff safe?
Sand Bluff is safer than 24% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $506 per resident a year.
Compare Sand Bluff with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sand Bluff. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sand Bluff 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.
Sand Bluff detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sand Bluff: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sand Bluff: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sand Bluff: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sand Bluff: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sand Bluff 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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