Best PlacesBangs, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bangs, 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.
Bangs ranks 25,714th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bangs
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.
Bangs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Bangs ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 157 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 93% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
Where Bangs ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 11% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 14% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bangs
A household needs to earn about $36,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bangs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,016, 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 Bangs' effective rate of 0.85%, 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 Bangs
Bangs runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bangs.
Who works in Bangs, and how
Work in Bangs centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Bangs
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bangs.
What the weather is like in Bangs, month by month
Bangs sees roughly 157 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 45° | 33° |
| April | 79° | 65° | 53° |
| July | 97° | 84° | 72° |
| October | 80° | 66° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Bangs
The nearest airport, Abilene Regional, is about 58 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Austin-Bergstrom International, about 136 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bangs
Schools across Bangs average a B+, better than 74% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- J B Stephens ElB · 50% proficient
- Northwest ElC · 33% proficient
- Santa Anna ElD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bangs MiddleB+ · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Bangs H SB+ · 58% proficient
- Santa Anna SecondaryC+ · 40% proficient
- Lone Star H S WestF · 8% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bangs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bangs 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 Bangs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bangs
Is Bangs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bangs ranks 25,714th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, the weather, and fast internet, and lowest on summer heat and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bangs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $137,828. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $60,016 median income, cost of living beats 39% of towns.
Is Bangs safe?
Bangs is safer than 15% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $599 per resident a year.
Compare Bangs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bangs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bangs 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.
Bangs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bangs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bangs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bangs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bangs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bangs 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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