Best PlacesSeminole, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Seminole, 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.
Seminole ranks 42,638th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The schools pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state finances.
The best neighborhoods in Seminole
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.
Seminole's strengths and weaknesses
Where Seminole ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 87% of towns
- Short commute20.7 minutes each way, better than 85% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 83% of towns
- BikingBetter than 78% of towns
Where Seminole ranks low
- School gradeD, better than only 7% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 7% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 9% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 10% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Seminole
A household needs to earn about $31,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Seminole home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $50,538, 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 Seminole's effective rate of 0.66%, 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 Seminole
Seminole runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Seminole.
Who works in Seminole, and how
Work in Seminole centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Seminole
Seminole has more restaurants and bars per resident than 81% of towns and more parkland per resident than 94% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Seminole and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Seminole, month by month
Seminole sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 39° | 31° |
| April | 74° | 60° | 50° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 72° |
| October | 76° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Seminole
The nearest airport, Okc Will Rogers International, is about 53 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 164 miles away.
The best schools in and around Seminole
Schools across Seminole average a D, better than 7% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Prague EsC+ · 39% proficient
- Academy Of Seminole Charter EsD+ · 25% proficient
- Wilson EsD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Prague MsC− · 28% proficient
- Northwood EsD− · 18% proficient
- Seminole MsD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Academy Of Seminole Charter HsC · 34% proficient
- Prague HsC− · 27% proficient
- Varnum HsD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Seminole school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Seminole 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 Seminole against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Seminole
Is Seminole a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Seminole ranks 42,638th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, walkability, and short commutes, and lowest on the schools 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 Seminole expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $121,564. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $50,538 median income, cost of living beats 20% of towns.
Is Seminole safe?
Seminole is safer than 31% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $501 per resident a year.
Compare Seminole with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Seminole. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Seminole 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.
Seminole detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Seminole: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Seminole: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Seminole: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Seminole: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Seminole 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.