Best PlacesSunray, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sunray, 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.
Sunray ranks 25,116th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Air quality pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state finances.
The best neighborhoods in Sunray
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.
Sunray's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sunray ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 137 pleasant days a year, better than 88% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 85% of towns
- Short commute22.8 minutes each way, better than 76% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 73% of towns
Where Sunray ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 6% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sunray
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sunray home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $85,844, 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 Sunray's effective rate of 0.63%, 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 Sunray
Sunray's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sunray.
Who works in Sunray, and how
Work in Sunray centers on health care & social and other services. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Sunray
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sunray.
What the weather is like in Sunray, month by month
Sunray sees roughly 137 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 54, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54° | 40° | 30° |
| April | 75° | 61° | 51° |
| July | 96° | 83° | 72° |
| October | 79° | 65° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Sunray
The nearest airport, Lawton-Fort Sill Regional, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 118 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sunray
Schools across Sunray average a D, better than 6% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Empire EsC · 33% proficient
- Comanche EsD · 20% proficient
- Woodrow Wilson EsD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Duncan MsD+ · 26% proficient
- Comanche MsD · 20% proficient
- Empire MsF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- Duncan HsD · 22% proficient
- Empire HsD− · 14% proficient
- Comanche HsD− · 12% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sunray school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sunray 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 Sunray against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sunray
Is Sunray a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sunray ranks 25,116th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, the weather, and what local pay buys, and lowest on air quality and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sunray expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $139,056. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $85,844 median income, cost of living beats 85% of towns.
Is Sunray safe?
Yes, Sunray is safer than 56% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $349 per resident a year.
Compare Sunray with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sunray. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sunray 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.
Sunray detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sunray: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sunray: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sunray: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sunray: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sunray 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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