Best PlacesWewoka, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wewoka, 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.
Wewoka ranks 46,851st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Wewoka
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.
Wewoka's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wewoka ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 95% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- BikingBetter than 81% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 70% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 66% of towns
Where Wewoka ranks low
- School gradeF, better than only 1% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 3% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 8% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wewoka
A household needs to earn about $21,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wewoka home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $48,832, 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 Wewoka's effective rate of 0.59%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Wewoka
Wewoka'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 Wewoka.
Who works in Wewoka, and how
Work in Wewoka centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Wewoka
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wewoka.
What the weather is like in Wewoka, month by month
Wewoka sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 39° | 31° |
| April | 74° | 60° | 50° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 72° |
| October | 76° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Wewoka
The nearest airport, Okc Will Rogers International, is about 64 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 160 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wewoka
Schools across Wewoka average an F, better than 1% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ethel Reed EsC · 35% proficient
- Justice Public SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Strother EsD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- Thomas IesD · 21% proficient
- Wewoka MsF · 8% proficient
Top high schools
- Strother HsD+ · 24% proficient
- New Lima HsD · 20% proficient
- Sasakwa HsD− · 14% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wewoka school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wewoka 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 Wewoka against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wewoka
Is Wewoka a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wewoka ranks 46,851st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, state finances, and biking, and lowest on the schools and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wewoka expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $83,941. The overall cost of living runs about 27% below the national average. Set against a $48,832 median income, cost of living beats 20% of towns.
Is Wewoka safe?
Wewoka is safer than 17% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $631 per resident a year.
Compare Wewoka with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wewoka. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wewoka 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.
Wewoka detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wewoka: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wewoka: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wewoka: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wewoka: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wewoka 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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