Best PlacesBettie, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bettie, 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.
Bettie ranks 32,748th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bettie
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.
Bettie's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bettie ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Cheap childcare$574 a month, better than 81% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 64% of towns
Where Bettie ranks low
- Short commute45.9 minutes each way, better than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 15% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bettie
A household needs to earn about $27,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bettie home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,024, 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 Bettie's effective rate of 0.97%, 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 2 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bettie
Bettie runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bettie.
Who works in Bettie, and how
Work in Bettie centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Bettie
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bettie.
What the weather is like in Bettie, month by month
Bettie sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 46° | 38° |
| April | 76° | 64° | 55° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 78° | 66° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Bettie
The nearest airport, East Texas Regional, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 111 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bettie
Schools across Bettie average a C, better than 42% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Gilmer ElC · 34% proficient
- Sharon A Richardson ElC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Gilmer IntC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Gilmer H SA− · 60% proficient
- Union Hill H SD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bettie school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bettie 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 Bettie against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bettie
Is Bettie a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bettie ranks 32,748th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, low taxes, and affordable childcare, and lowest on long commutes and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bettie expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $101,911. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $70,024 median income, cost of living beats 46% of towns.
Is Bettie safe?
Yes, Bettie is safer than 60% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $318 per resident a year.
Compare Bettie with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bettie. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bettie 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.
Bettie detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bettie: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bettie: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bettie: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bettie: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bettie 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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