Best PlacesBiardstown, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Biardstown, 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.
Biardstown ranks 26,335th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Biardstown
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.
Biardstown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Biardstown ranks high
- Short commute13.0 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Cheap childcare$558 a month, better than 86% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 72% of towns
Where Biardstown ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 15% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 20% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Biardstown
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Biardstown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,935, 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 Biardstown's effective rate of 0.74%, 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 Biardstown
Biardstown runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Biardstown.
Who works in Biardstown, and how
Work in Biardstown centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Biardstown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Biardstown.
What the weather is like in Biardstown, month by month
Biardstown sees roughly 98 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 43° | 34° |
| April | 75° | 63° | 53° |
| July | 95° | 83° | 73° |
| October | 79° | 66° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Biardstown
The nearest airport, Tyler Pounds Regional, is about 91 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 91 miles away.
The best schools in and around Biardstown
Schools across Biardstown average a B−, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Chisum ElB+ · 55% proficient
- Justiss ElC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Chisum MiddleB · 47% proficient
- Frank Stone MiddleB · 43% proficient
- Crockett IntC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Chisum H SB+ · 57% proficient
- Paris H SB+ · 55% proficient
- North Lamar H SB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Biardstown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Biardstown 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 Biardstown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Biardstown
Is Biardstown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Biardstown ranks 26,335th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, low taxes, and affordable childcare, and lowest on air quality 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 Biardstown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $219,049. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $61,935 median income, cost of living beats 42% of towns.
Is Biardstown safe?
Biardstown is safer than 29% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $441 per resident a year.
Compare Biardstown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Biardstown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Biardstown 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.
Biardstown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Biardstown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Biardstown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Biardstown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Biardstown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Biardstown 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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