Best PlacesVinson, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Vinson, 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.
Vinson ranks 43,718th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Internet speeds pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on quiet.
The best neighborhoods in Vinson
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.
Vinson's strengths and weaknesses
Where Vinson ranks high
- QuietBetter than 89% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Short commute22.0 minutes each way, better than 80% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 74% of towns
Where Vinson ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 1% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 4% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Vinson
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Vinson home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $56,079, 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 Vinson's effective rate of 0.69%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Vinson
Vinson runs older 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 Vinson.
Who works in Vinson, and how
Work in Vinson centers on agriculture & forestry and finance & insurance. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 54%
- Work from home 45%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Vinson
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Vinson.
What the weather is like in Vinson, month by month
Vinson sees roughly 104 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 40° | 29° |
| April | 78° | 62° | 49° |
| July | 98° | 85° | 73° |
| October | 79° | 64° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Vinson
The nearest airport, Lawton-Fort Sill Regional, is about 88 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 216 miles away.
The best schools in and around Vinson
Schools across Vinson average a C−, better than 27% of towns.
Top elementary schools
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Vinson school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Vinson 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 Vinson against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Vinson
Is Vinson a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Vinson ranks 43,718th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, a stable housing market, and state finances, and lowest on internet speeds and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Vinson expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $167,100. The overall cost of living runs about 30% below the national average. Set against a $56,079 median income, cost of living beats 72% of towns.
Is Vinson safe?
Vinson is safer than 5% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $828 per resident a year.
Compare Vinson with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Vinson. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Vinson 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.
Vinson detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Vinson: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Vinson: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Vinson: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Vinson: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Vinson 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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