Best PlacesBenbrook, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Benbrook, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Benbrook ranks 887th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on low taxes, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Benbrook
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.
Benbrook's strengths and weaknesses
Where Benbrook ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 88% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 85% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 138 pleasant days a year, better than 79% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than 72% of cities
Where Benbrook ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 11% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 12% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 18% of cities
- School gradeC−, better than only 21% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 22% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Benbrook
A household needs to earn about $98,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Benbrook home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $98,626, 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 Benbrook's effective rate of 1.78%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Benbrook
Benbrook's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Benbrook.
Who works in Benbrook, and how
Work in Benbrook centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Benbrook
Benbrook has more parkland per resident than 97% of cities and more late-night spots per resident than 70% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Benbrook and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Benbrook, month by month
Benbrook sees roughly 138 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs March, April, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 48° | 38° |
| April | 79° | 67° | 57° |
| July | 98° | 88° | 78° |
| October | 82° | 70° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Benbrook
Dallas-Fort Worth International sits about 29 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 41.3 million passengers in 2025, with 289 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Benbrook
Schools across Benbrook average a C−, better than 21% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Overton Park ElA+ · 85% proficient
- Vandagriff ElA · 69% proficient
- Westpark ElB+ · 51% proficient
Top middle schools
- Aledo MiddleA+ · 71% proficient
- Applied Learning AcadC · 35% proficient
- Summer Creek MiddleC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Aledo H SA− · 62% proficient
- Benbrook Middle/high SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- World Languages InstituteC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Benbrook school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Benbrook 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 Benbrook against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Benbrook suits
Families
Schools land around the 21st percentile and crime safety beats 59%.
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 13% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 79% of cities and health care access beats 61%.
Common questions about living in Benbrook
Is Benbrook a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Benbrook ranks 887th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on low taxes, state finances, and a strong job market, and lowest on summer heat and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Benbrook expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $330,434. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $98,626 median income, cost of living beats 68% of cities.
Is Benbrook safe?
Yes, Benbrook is safer than 59% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $339 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Benbrook?
July highs average about 98 degrees, and January highs near 61 with lows near 38. That works out to about 138 pleasant days a year, more than 79% of cities.
Is Benbrook good for families?
Schools beat 21% of cities, crime safety beats 59%, and childcare runs $907 a month.
Compare Benbrook with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Benbrook. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Benbrook 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.
Benbrook detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Benbrook: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Benbrook: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Benbrook: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Benbrook: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Benbrook 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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