Best PlacesSkedee, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Skedee, 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.
Skedee ranks 44,636th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Internet speeds pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state finances.
The best neighborhoods in Skedee
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.
Skedee's strengths and weaknesses
Where Skedee ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 72% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 102 pleasant days a year, better than 70% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 65% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 51% of towns
Where Skedee ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 10% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 12% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Skedee
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Skedee home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $57,794, 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 Skedee's effective rate of 0.54%, 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 Skedee
Skedee's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Skedee.
Who works in Skedee, and how
Work in Skedee centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Skedee
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Skedee.
What the weather is like in Skedee, month by month
Skedee sees roughly 102 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 38° | 27° |
| April | 75° | 61° | 49° |
| July | 96° | 83° | 73° |
| October | 78° | 63° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Skedee
The nearest airport, Stillwater Regional, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 230 miles away.
The best schools in and around Skedee
Schools across Skedee average a D+, better than 12% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Woodland EsD+ · 22% proficient
- Pawnee EsD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pawnee MsD · 22% proficient
- Woodland Upper EsF · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- Pawnee HsC− · 30% proficient
- Woodland HsD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Skedee school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Skedee 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 Skedee against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Skedee
Is Skedee a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Skedee ranks 44,636th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, low property taxes, and the weather, and lowest on internet speeds and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Skedee expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $162,112. The overall cost of living runs about 25% below the national average. Set against a $57,794 median income, cost of living beats 43% of towns.
Is Skedee safe?
Skedee is safer than 11% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $664 per resident a year.
Compare Skedee with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Skedee. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Skedee 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.
Skedee detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Skedee: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Skedee: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Skedee: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Skedee: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Skedee 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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