Best PlacesShady Point, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Shady Point, 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.
Shady Point ranks 33,698th 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 Shady Point
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.
Shady Point's strengths and weaknesses
Where Shady Point ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 76% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 68% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 64% of towns
Where Shady Point ranks low
- School gradeD, better than only 6% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 13% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Shady Point
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Shady Point home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,113, 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 Shady Point's effective rate of 0.64%, 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 Shady Point
Shady Point runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Shady Point.
Who works in Shady Point, and how
Work in Shady Point centers on retail trade and health care & social. 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 1%
Life in Shady Point
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Shady Point.
What the weather is like in Shady Point, month by month
Shady Point sees roughly 83 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 38° | 30° |
| April | 74° | 61° | 51° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 77° | 62° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Shady Point
The nearest airport, Fort Smith Regional, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 200 miles away.
The best schools in and around Shady Point
Schools across Shady Point average a D, better than 6% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Poteau Upper EsB− · 41% proficient
- Bokoshe EsD · 20% proficient
- Panama EsD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pansy Kidd MsD+ · 24% proficient
- Panama MsD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Bokoshe HsD+ · 25% proficient
- Poteau HsD · 22% proficient
- Cameron HsD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Shady Point school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Shady Point 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 Shady Point against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Shady Point
Is Shady Point a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Shady Point ranks 33,698th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, low crime, and cell coverage, and lowest on the schools and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Shady Point expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $170,091. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $67,113 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Shady Point safe?
Yes, Shady Point is safer than 84% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $280 per resident a year.
Compare Shady Point with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Shady Point. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Shady Point 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.
Shady Point detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Shady Point: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Shady Point: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Shady Point: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Shady Point: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Shady Point 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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