Best PlacesSmith-Lee, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Smith-Lee, 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.
Smith-Lee ranks 41,108th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Smith-Lee
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.
Smith-Lee's strengths and weaknesses
Where Smith-Lee ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 95% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 94% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- QuietBetter than 78% of towns
Where Smith-Lee ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$43,767 median, better than only 6% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 8% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Smith-Lee
A household needs to earn about $33,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Smith-Lee home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $43,767, 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 Smith-Lee'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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Smith-Lee
Smith-Lee runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Smith-Lee.
Who works in Smith-Lee, and how
Work in Smith-Lee centers on retail trade and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Smith-Lee
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Smith-Lee.
What the weather is like in Smith-Lee, month by month
Smith-Lee sees roughly 100 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 43° | 34° |
| April | 75° | 63° | 53° |
| July | 97° | 84° | 73° |
| October | 81° | 66° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Smith-Lee
Dallas Love Field sits about 88 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 Smith-Lee
Schools across Smith-Lee average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bennington EsC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Bennington HsD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Smith-Lee school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Smith-Lee 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 Smith-Lee against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Smith-Lee
Is Smith-Lee a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Smith-Lee ranks 41,108th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, low property taxes, and low crime, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Smith-Lee expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $133,802. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $43,767 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Smith-Lee safe?
Yes, Smith-Lee is safer than 91% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $226 per resident a year.
Compare Smith-Lee with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Smith-Lee. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Smith-Lee 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.
Smith-Lee detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Smith-Lee: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Smith-Lee: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Smith-Lee: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Smith-Lee: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Smith-Lee 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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