Best PlacesWade, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wade, 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.
Wade ranks 37,743rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Wade
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.
Wade's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wade ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 96% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 155 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 92% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- QuietBetter than 82% of towns
Where Wade ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 7% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 9% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 10% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wade
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wade home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $52,199, 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 Wade's effective rate of 0.35%, 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 Wade
Wade runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wade.
Who works in Wade, and how
Work in Wade centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Wade
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wade.
What the weather is like in Wade, month by month
Wade sees roughly 155 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 43° | 34° |
| April | 75° | 63° | 53° |
| July | 97° | 84° | 73° |
| October | 81° | 66° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Wade
Dallas Love Field sits about 85 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 8.2 million passengers in 2025, with 91 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Wade
Schools across Wade average a D+, better than 12% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bennington EsC · 32% proficient
- Achille EsC− · 30% proficient
- Rock Creek EsD− · 14% proficient
Top high schools
- Achille HsC− · 27% proficient
- Rock Creek HsD− · 17% proficient
- Bennington HsD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wade school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wade 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 Wade against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wade
Is Wade a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wade ranks 37,743rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, the weather, and low property taxes, and lowest on summer heat and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wade expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $173,873. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $52,199 median income, cost of living beats 15% of towns.
Is Wade safe?
Yes, Wade is safer than 72% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $300 per resident a year.
Compare Wade with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wade. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wade 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.
Wade detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wade: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wade: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wade: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wade: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wade 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.