Best Places75140, TX Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 75140, 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.

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75140 ranks 26,637th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.

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The best neighborhoods in 75140

Map of the best neighborhoods in the 75140 area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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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.

75140's strengths and weaknesses

Top 10%Low taxes
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare 75140 with other zip codes.

Where 75140 ranks high

  • Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 91% of zip codes
  • Cheap childcare$574 a month, better than 87% of zip codes
  • State fiscal healthBetter than 82% of zip codes
  • Disaster safetyBetter than 72% of zip codes
  • Nice weatherabout 109 pleasant days a year, better than 69% of zip codes

Where 75140 ranks low

  • Educational attainmentBetter than only 6% of zip codes
  • Healthcare accessBetter than only 9% of zip codes
  • Heat safetyBetter than only 10% of zip codes
  • Health outlookBetter than only 13% of zip codes
  • Household income$54,827 median, better than only 16% of zip codes

What it costs to buy a home in 75140

A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 75140 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,827, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.

Income to buy the median home
$47,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$1,092
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $169,617 home
Median rent
$1,102
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$865
Property tax$171
Homeowners insurance$57

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 75140's effective rate of 1.21%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.

Cumulative cost of renting versus owning the median home, first 10 years. Illustrative estimate.

Who lives in 75140

75140 runs older than the country.

Median age
46
older than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
23%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.7
near the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1818%
18 to 3418%
35 to 4920%
50 to 6420%
65 and older22%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 75140.


Who works in 75140, and how

Work in 75140 centers on hospitality & food and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.

Work from home
11%
below the national average
Unemployment
4.4%
about the national average
Job growth
−2.4%
/y 2019-2023, slower than the national pace

Largest industries

Hospitality & food11%
Manufacturing10%
Retail trade10%
Health care & social8%
Construction8%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 88%
  • Work from home 11%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 1%

Life in 75140

The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across 75140.

Places to eat and drink
27
restaurants, bars, and fast food, about 36.8 per 10,000 residents, more than 54% of zip codes

What the weather is like in 75140, month by month

75140 sees roughly 109 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January58°46°37°
April76°65°55°
July93°83°74°
October79°66°56°

Flying in and out of 75140

The nearest airport, Tyler Pounds Regional, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 68 miles away.

Nearest airport
TYR
Tyler Pounds Regional, about 28 miles
Airport size
Nonhub
272nd-busiest in the US, 1 nonstop destinations
Average drive
39 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around 75140

Schools across 75140 average a C+, better than 42% of zip codes.

Top elementary schools

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Top high schools

Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 75140 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


75140 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 75140 against the other 33,109 zip codes.


Common questions about living in 75140

Is 75140 a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 75140 ranks 26,637th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on low taxes, affordable childcare, and state finances, and lowest on education levels and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is 75140 expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $169,617. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $54,827 median income, cost of living beats 21% of zip codes.

Is 75140 safe?

75140 is safer than 29% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $491 per resident a year.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 75140. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 75140 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.

75140 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for 75140: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in 75140: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of 75140: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in 75140: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

75140 detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. 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.
  2. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  3. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  4. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  5. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  6. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  7. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  8. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  9. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  10. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  11. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  12. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.