Best PlacesSunkist, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sunkist, 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.
Sunkist ranks 47,437th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Sunkist
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.
Sunkist's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sunkist ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 102 pleasant days a year, better than 70% of towns
- QuietBetter than 59% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 58% of towns
Where Sunkist ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 5% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 8% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sunkist
A household needs to earn about $32,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sunkist home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $48,112, 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 Sunkist's effective rate of 0.32%, 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 Sunkist
Sunkist runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sunkist.
Who works in Sunkist, and how
Work in Sunkist centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Sunkist
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sunkist.
What the weather is like in Sunkist, month by month
Sunkist sees roughly 102 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 54, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54° | 43° | 33° |
| April | 74° | 62° | 53° |
| July | 94° | 83° | 74° |
| October | 78° | 65° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Sunkist
Dallas Love Field sits about 106 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 Sunkist
Schools across Sunkist average a D, better than 5% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Atoka EsD+ · 25% proficient
- Boswell EsD · 20% proficient
- Soper EsD− · 13% proficient
Top middle schools
- Boswell MsF · 12% proficient
Top high schools
- Boswell HsD+ · 25% proficient
- Atoka HsD · 23% proficient
- Soper HsD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sunkist school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sunkist 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 Sunkist against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sunkist
Is Sunkist a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sunkist ranks 47,437th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, state finances, and the weather, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sunkist expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $131,409. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $48,112 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Sunkist safe?
Sunkist is safer than 26% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $491 per resident a year.
Compare Sunkist with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sunkist. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sunkist 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.
Sunkist detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sunkist: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sunkist: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sunkist: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sunkist: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sunkist 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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