Best PlacesAckerly, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ackerly, 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.
Ackerly ranks 15,670th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Ackerly
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.
Ackerly's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ackerly ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 87% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 133 pleasant days a year, better than 86% of towns
Where Ackerly ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 8% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 9% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ackerly
A household needs to earn about $72,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ackerly home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $89,647, 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 Ackerly's effective rate of 0.76%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Ackerly
Ackerly's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Ackerly.
Who works in Ackerly, and how
Work in Ackerly centers on agriculture & forestry and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Ackerly
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ackerly.
What the weather is like in Ackerly, month by month
Ackerly sees roughly 133 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 43° | 32° |
| April | 81° | 65° | 52° |
| July | 97° | 84° | 73° |
| October | 81° | 66° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Ackerly
The nearest airport, Midland International Air And Space Port, is about 50 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 273 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ackerly
Schools across Ackerly average a B, better than 69% of towns.
Top high schools
- Klondike IsdA+ · 77% proficient
- Borden County SchoolA · 58% proficient
- Sands CisdA− · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ackerly school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ackerly 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 Ackerly against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ackerly
Is Ackerly a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ackerly ranks 15,670th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, a stable housing market, and low taxes, and lowest on tree cover 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 Ackerly expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $276,618. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $89,647 median income, cost of living beats 85% of towns.
Is Ackerly safe?
Ackerly is safer than 10% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $668 per resident a year.
Compare Ackerly with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ackerly. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ackerly 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.
Ackerly detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ackerly: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ackerly: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ackerly: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ackerly: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ackerly 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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