Best PlacesValley Brook, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Valley Brook, 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.
Valley Brook ranks 49,927th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Valley Brook
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.
Valley Brook's strengths and weaknesses
Where Valley Brook ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 93% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 78% of towns
Where Valley Brook ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Valley Brook
A household needs to earn about $19,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Valley Brook home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $47,200, 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 Valley Brook's effective rate of 0.74%, 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 2 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Valley Brook
Valley Brook runs younger than the country, 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 Valley Brook.
Who works in Valley Brook, and how
Work in Valley Brook centers on retail trade and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Valley Brook
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Valley Brook.
What the weather is like in Valley Brook, month by month
Valley Brook sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 39° | 30° |
| April | 74° | 61° | 51° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 76° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Valley Brook
The nearest airport, Okc Will Rogers International, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 175 miles away.
The best schools in and around Valley Brook
Schools across Valley Brook average a D, better than 4% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Emerson Alternative Ed. (es)D+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Emerson Alternative Ed. (ms)D · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Emerson Alternative Ed. (hs)F · 3% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Valley Brook school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Valley Brook 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 Valley Brook against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Valley Brook
Is Valley Brook a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Valley Brook ranks 49,927th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, transit, and biking, and lowest on noise and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Valley Brook expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $72,700. The overall cost of living runs about 24% below the national average. Set against a $47,200 median income, cost of living beats 16% of towns.
Is Valley Brook safe?
Valley Brook is safer than 2% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,186 per resident a year.
Compare Valley Brook with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Valley Brook. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Valley Brook 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.
Valley Brook detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Valley Brook: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Valley Brook: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Valley Brook: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Valley Brook: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Valley Brook 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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