Best PlacesWekiwa, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wekiwa, 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.
Wekiwa ranks 17,528th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Summer heat pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state finances.
The best neighborhoods in Wekiwa
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.
Wekiwa's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wekiwa ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 84% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 80% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 79% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 69% of towns
Where Wekiwa ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 14% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 19% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wekiwa
A household needs to earn about $63,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wekiwa home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $82,703, 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 Wekiwa's effective rate of 0.70%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Wekiwa
Wekiwa runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wekiwa.
Who works in Wekiwa, and how
Work in Wekiwa centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Wekiwa
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wekiwa.
What the weather is like in Wekiwa, month by month
Wekiwa sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 40° | 32° |
| April | 76° | 63° | 53° |
| July | 95° | 84° | 75° |
| October | 78° | 65° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Wekiwa
The nearest airport, Tulsa International, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 229 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wekiwa
Schools across Wekiwa average a C−, better than 21% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Anderson Public SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Garfield EsC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Clyde Boyd MsD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Charles Page HsC− · 26% proficient
- Prue HsD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wekiwa school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wekiwa 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 Wekiwa against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wekiwa
Is Wekiwa a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wekiwa ranks 17,528th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, few empty homes, and low crime, and lowest on summer heat and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wekiwa expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $245,200. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $82,703 median income, cost of living beats 79% of towns.
Is Wekiwa safe?
Yes, Wekiwa is safer than 80% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $289 per resident a year.
Compare Wekiwa with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wekiwa. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wekiwa 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.
Wekiwa detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wekiwa: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wekiwa: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wekiwa: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wekiwa: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wekiwa 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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