Best PlacesWagoner County, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Wagoner County, 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.
Wagoner County ranks 1,188th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Wagoner County
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.
The best areas in Wagoner County
The parts of Wagoner County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Coweta
Local pay stretches further, incomes run higher, and fewer homes sit empty.
Broken Arrow
More households have young kids and crime runs lower.
Wagoner
Homes cost less, though fewer adults hold degrees.
Scores across Wagoner County run from about the 6th to the 81st percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Wagoner County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wagoner County ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 90% of counties
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 88% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than 84% of counties
- Crime safetyBetter than 84% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than 84% of counties
Where Wagoner County ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 9% of counties
- School gradeD+, better than only 16% of counties
- WalkabilityBetter than only 17% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than only 18% of counties
- Cheap childcare$965 a month, better than only 19% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Wagoner County
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wagoner County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $82,656, 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 Wagoner County's effective rate of 0.72%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Wagoner County
Wagoner County's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wagoner County.
Who works in Wagoner County, and how
Work in Wagoner County centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Wagoner County
Wagoner County has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties and less parkland per resident than most counties. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Wagoner County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Wagoner County growing, and who is moving in?
Wagoner County has grown about 21% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Tulsa, OK metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Wagoner County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Wagoner County, month by month
Wagoner County sees roughly 86 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 38° | 27° |
| April | 75° | 61° | 48° |
| July | 95° | 84° | 73° |
| October | 78° | 63° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Wagoner County
The nearest airport, Tulsa International, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 230 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wagoner County
Schools across Wagoner County average a D+, better than 16% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Rosewood EsB · 46% proficient
- Highland Park EsC+ · 36% proficient
- Creekwood EsC · 34% proficient
Top middle schools
- Central Intermediate SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Oneta Ridge MsC− · 30% proficient
- Chouteau-mazie MsC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Bixby HsC+ · 40% proficient
- Broken Arrow HsC− · 30% proficient
- Fort Gibson HsC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wagoner County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wagoner County 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 Wagoner County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Wagoner County suits
Families
Schools land around the 16th percentile and crime safety beats 84%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 88% of counties, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 9% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Wagoner County
Is Wagoner County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wagoner County ranks 1,188th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on a strong job market, what local pay buys, and state finances, and lowest on state infrastructure and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wagoner County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $229,673. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $82,656 median income, cost of living beats 88% of counties.
Is Wagoner County safe?
Yes, Wagoner County is safer than 84% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $320 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Wagoner County?
July highs average about 95 degrees, and January highs near 52 with lows near 27. That works out to about 86 pleasant days a year, more than 47% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Wagoner County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Coweta, Broken Arrow, and Wagoner. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Wagoner County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wagoner County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wagoner County 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.
Wagoner County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wagoner County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wagoner County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wagoner County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wagoner County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wagoner County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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