Best PlacesVian, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Vian, 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.
Vian ranks 46,329th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Health outcomes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state finances.
The best neighborhoods in Vian
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.
Vian's strengths and weaknesses
Where Vian ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 87% of towns
- BikingBetter than 76% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 76% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 74% of towns
Where Vian ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 4% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 6% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Vian
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Vian home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $49,897, 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 Vian's effective rate of 0.51%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Vian
Vian runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Vian.
Who works in Vian, and how
Work in Vian centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Vian
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Vian.
What the weather is like in Vian, month by month
Vian sees roughly 96 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 51, 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 | 51° | 39° | 30° |
| April | 73° | 60° | 50° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 72° |
| October | 77° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Vian
The nearest airport, Fort Smith Regional, is about 37 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 214 miles away.
The best schools in and around Vian
Schools across Vian average a D, better than 6% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Heritage EsC+ · 38% proficient
- Gore EsD+ · 25% proficient
- Vian EsD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tahlequah MsC · 34% proficient
- Gore Upper EsD− · 18% proficient
- Vian MsF · 12% proficient
Top high schools
- Tahlequah HsC− · 25% proficient
- Braggs HsD+ · 25% proficient
- Vian HsD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Vian school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Vian 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 Vian against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Vian
Is Vian a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Vian ranks 46,329th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, walkability, and biking, and lowest on health outcomes and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Vian expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $147,052. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $49,897 median income, cost of living beats 14% of towns.
Is Vian safe?
Vian is safer than 34% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $452 per resident a year.
Compare Vian with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Vian. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Vian 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.
Vian detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Vian: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Vian: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Vian: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Vian: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Vian 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.