Best PlacesWalls, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Walls, 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.
Walls ranks 38,991st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Walls
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.
Walls' strengths and weaknesses
Where Walls ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 65% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 64% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 63% of towns
Where Walls ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 6% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 7% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Walls
A household needs to earn about $55,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Walls home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $62,427, 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 Walls' effective rate of 0.60%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Walls
Walls'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 Walls.
Who works in Walls, and how
Work in Walls centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Walls
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Walls.
What the weather is like in Walls, month by month
Walls sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 52, 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 | 52° | 38° | 30° |
| April | 74° | 61° | 51° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 77° | 62° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Walls
The nearest airport, Fort Smith Regional, is about 35 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 190 miles away.
The best schools in and around Walls
Schools across Walls average a D, better than 6% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bokoshe EsD · 20% proficient
- Panama EsD · 20% proficient
- Red Oak EsD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Panama MsD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Bokoshe HsD+ · 25% proficient
- Mccurtain HsD+ · 25% proficient
- Red Oak HsD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Walls school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Walls 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 Walls against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Walls
Is Walls a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Walls ranks 38,991st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, state finances, and low property taxes, and lowest on biking and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Walls expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $217,108. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $62,427 median income, cost of living beats 44% of towns.
Is Walls safe?
Walls is safer than 50% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $373 per resident a year.
Compare Walls with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Walls. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Walls 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.
Walls detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Walls: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Walls: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Walls: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Walls: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Walls 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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