Best PlacesStapp, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Stapp, 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.
Stapp ranks 47,762nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Stapp
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.
Stapp's strengths and weaknesses
Where Stapp ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 83% of towns
- Short commute23.6 minutes each way, better than 71% of towns
Where Stapp ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 1% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 2% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 7% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 7% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Stapp
A household needs to earn about $39,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Stapp home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $46,111, 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 Stapp's effective rate of 0.45%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Stapp
Stapp runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Stapp.
Who works in Stapp, and how
Work in Stapp centers on public administration and education. Unemployment is low.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Stapp
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Stapp.
What the weather is like in Stapp, month by month
Stapp sees roughly 102 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 Stapp
The nearest airport, Fort Smith Regional, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 186 miles away.
The best schools in and around Stapp
Schools across Stapp average a D−, better than 2% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Heavener EsD · 19% proficient
- Hodgen Public SchoolF · 9% proficient
Top high schools
- Whitesboro HsD− · 15% proficient
- Heavener HsD− · 12% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Stapp school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Stapp 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 Stapp against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Stapp
Is Stapp a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Stapp ranks 47,762nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, tree cover, and state finances, and lowest on internet speeds and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Stapp expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $157,100. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $46,111 median income, cost of living beats 11% of towns.
Is Stapp safe?
Stapp is safer than 26% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $487 per resident a year.
Compare Stapp with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Stapp. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Stapp 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.
Stapp detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Stapp: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Stapp: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Stapp: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Stapp: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Stapp 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.