Best PlacesUnion Valley, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Union Valley, 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.
Union Valley ranks 31,219th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. The schools pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state finances.
The best neighborhoods in Union Valley
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.
Union Valley's strengths and weaknesses
Where Union Valley ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 82% of towns
- Short commute22.0 minutes each way, better than 80% of towns
- QuietBetter than 76% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 76% of towns
Where Union Valley ranks low
- School gradeD, better than only 9% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 12% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Union Valley
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Union Valley home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,413, 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 Union Valley's effective rate of 0.46%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Union Valley
Union Valley's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Union Valley.
Who works in Union Valley, and how
Work in Union Valley centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Union Valley
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Union Valley.
What the weather is like in Union Valley, month by month
Union Valley sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 40° | 32° |
| April | 73° | 61° | 51° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 72° |
| October | 76° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Union Valley
The nearest airport, Okc Will Rogers International, is about 75 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 127 miles away.
The best schools in and around Union Valley
Schools across Union Valley average a D, better than 9% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Stonewall EsC · 33% proficient
- Francis EsC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Byng HsD · 22% proficient
- Stonewall HsD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Union Valley school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Union Valley 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 Union Valley against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Union Valley
Is Union Valley a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Union Valley ranks 31,219th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, low property taxes, and short commutes, and lowest on the schools and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Union Valley expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $200,575. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $78,413 median income, cost of living beats 66% of towns.
Is Union Valley safe?
Union Valley is safer than 41% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $412 per resident a year.
Compare Union Valley with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Union Valley. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Union Valley 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.
Union Valley detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Union Valley: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Union Valley: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Union Valley: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Union Valley: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Union Valley 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.