Best PlacesYukon, OK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Yukon, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime read low across the board, which puts the choice down to which part suits you. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Yukon ranks 946th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Yukon
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 Yukon
The parts of Yukon, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Stonebridge Lake Estates
Lakeview Estates
West Watch & Patco Village
Westbury
Scores across Yukon run from about the 27th to the 88th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Yukon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Yukon ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 93% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 91% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 87% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 82% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 81% of cities
Where Yukon ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 5% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than only 7% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
- BikingBetter than only 15% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than only 16% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Yukon
A household needs to earn about $67,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Yukon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $91,462, 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 Yukon's effective rate of 0.89%, 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 Yukon
Yukon runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Yukon.
Who works in Yukon, and how
Work in Yukon 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 87%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Yukon
Yukon has more restaurants and bars per resident than 66% of cities and more parkland per resident than 83% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Yukon and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Yukon, month by month
Yukon sees roughly 120 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 38° | 30° |
| April | 72° | 59° | 50° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 72° |
| October | 75° | 63° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Yukon
The nearest airport, Okc Will Rogers International, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 184 miles away.
The best schools in and around Yukon
Schools across Yukon average a C, better than 29% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Parkland EsB+ · 53% proficient
- Stone Ridge EsB · 45% proficient
- Mustang Valley EsB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Canyon Ridge IesB− · 40% proficient
- Redstone Intermediate SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Piedmont Intermediate EsC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Piedmont HsC+ · 40% proficient
- Mustang HsC · 33% proficient
- Yukon HsC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Yukon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Yukon 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 Yukon against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Yukon suits
Families
Schools land around the 29th percentile and crime safety beats 81%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 73% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 12% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Yukon
Is Yukon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Yukon ranks 946th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on state finances, cell coverage, and a stable housing market, and lowest on tree cover and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Yukon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $252,918. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $91,462 median income, cost of living beats 73% of cities.
Is Yukon safe?
Yes, Yukon is safer than 81% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $286 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Yukon?
July highs average about 94 degrees, and January highs near 50 with lows near 30. That works out to about 120 pleasant days a year, more than 70% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Yukon?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Stonebridge Lake Estates, Lakeview Estates, and West Watch & Patco Village. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Yukon with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Yukon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Yukon 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.
Yukon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Yukon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Yukon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Yukon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Yukon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Yukon 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.