Best Places75942, TX Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 75942, 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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75942 ranks 31,237th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.

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The best neighborhoods in 75942

Map of the best neighborhoods in the 75942 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.

75942'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 75942 with other zip codes.

Where 75942 ranks high

  • Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 91% of zip codes
  • Housing crash safetyBetter than 86% of zip codes
  • Cheap childcare$592 a month, better than 85% of zip codes
  • QuietBetter than 84% of zip codes
  • State fiscal healthBetter than 82% of zip codes

Where 75942 ranks low

  • Short commute54.7 minutes each way, better than only 1% of zip codes
  • Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of zip codes
  • Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of zip codes
  • Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of zip codes
  • WalkabilityBetter than only 5% of zip codes

Who lives in 75942

75942's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.

Median age
40
about the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
13%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.0
below the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 184%
18 to 3434%
35 to 4927%
50 to 6422%
65 and older13%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 75942.


Who works in 75942, and how

Work in 75942 centers on retail trade and information. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.

Work from home
34%
above the national average
Unemployment
0.0%
below the national average
Job growth
+1.0%
/y 2019-2023, slower than the national pace

Largest industries

Retail trade18%
Information15%
Mining & oil & gas15%
Professional & technical14%
Education14%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 65%
  • Work from home 34%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 1%

Life in 75942

The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across 75942.


What the weather is like in 75942, month by month

75942 sees roughly 93 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs February 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
January62°50°41°
April79°67°57°
July92°82°72°
October82°69°58°

Flying in and out of 75942

The nearest airport, Jack Brooks Regional, is about 65 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is George Bush Intcntl/Houston, about 80 miles away.

Nearest airport
BPT
Jack Brooks Regional, about 65 miles
Airport size
Nonhub
304th-busiest in the US, 2 nonstop destinations
Average drive
93 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around 75942

Schools across 75942 average a C+, better than 41% of zip codes.

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Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 75942 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


75942 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 75942 against the other 33,109 zip codes.


Common questions about living in 75942

Is 75942 a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 75942 ranks 31,237th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on low taxes, a stable housing market, and affordable childcare, and lowest on long commutes and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is 75942 safe?

75942 is safer than 13% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $627 per resident a year.

What is the weather like in 75942?

July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 62 with lows near 41. That works out to about 93 pleasant days a year, more than 59% of zip codes.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 75942. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 75942 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.

75942 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for 75942: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in 75942: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of 75942: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in 75942: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

75942 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. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  5. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  6. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  7. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  8. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  9. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  10. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  11. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.