Best PlacesBishop Hills, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bishop Hills, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Bishop Hills ranks 3,659th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Bishop Hills
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.
Bishop Hills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Bishop Hills ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 97% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
- Household income$132,539 median, better than 95% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
Where Bishop Hills ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 9% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 12% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 15% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bishop Hills
A household needs to earn about $107,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bishop Hills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $132,539, 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 Bishop Hills' effective rate of 1.23%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Bishop Hills
Bishop Hills runs younger than the country, 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 Bishop Hills.
Who works in Bishop Hills, and how
Work in Bishop Hills centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Bishop Hills
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bishop Hills.
What the weather is like in Bishop Hills, month by month
Bishop Hills sees roughly 127 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 37° | 23° |
| April | 76° | 57° | 41° |
| July | 96° | 81° | 66° |
| October | 78° | 59° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Bishop Hills
The nearest airport, Rick Husband Amarillo International, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 262 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bishop Hills
Schools across Bishop Hills average an A−, better than 88% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bushland ElA− · 60% proficient
- Rolling Hills ElC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bushland MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Bushland H SA · 78% proficient
- River Road H SC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bishop Hills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bishop Hills 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 Bishop Hills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bishop Hills
Is Bishop Hills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bishop Hills ranks 3,659th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, a strong job market, and cell coverage, and lowest on tree cover and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bishop Hills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $385,188. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $132,539 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Bishop Hills safe?
Yes, Bishop Hills is safer than 62% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $317 per resident a year.
Compare Bishop Hills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bishop Hills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bishop Hills 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.
Bishop Hills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bishop Hills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bishop Hills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bishop Hills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bishop Hills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bishop Hills 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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