Best PlacesBoys Ranch, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Boys Ranch, 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.
Boys Ranch ranks 18,302nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Boys Ranch
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.
Boys Ranch's strengths and weaknesses
Where Boys Ranch ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 89% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 128 pleasant days a year, better than 84% of towns
- Household income$95,863 median, better than 82% of towns
Where Boys Ranch ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 9% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 11% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 15% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Boys Ranch
A household needs to earn about $71,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Boys Ranch home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $95,863, 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 Boys Ranch's effective rate of 1.19%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Boys Ranch
Boys Ranch 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 Boys Ranch.
Who works in Boys Ranch, and how
Work in Boys Ranch centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Boys Ranch
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Boys Ranch.
What the weather is like in Boys Ranch, month by month
Boys Ranch sees roughly 128 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 34° | 23° |
| April | 74° | 55° | 41° |
| July | 94° | 79° | 65° |
| October | 74° | 57° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Boys Ranch
The nearest airport, Rick Husband Amarillo International, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 252 miles away.
The best schools in and around Boys Ranch
Schools across Boys Ranch average a B, better than 75% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Vega ElA · 65% proficient
- Bushland ElA− · 60% proficient
- Mimi Farley ElB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Blakemore MiddleA− · 55% proficient
- River Road MiddleB+ · 51% proficient
- Bushland MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Bushland H SA · 78% proficient
- Vega H SA · 70% proficient
- River Road H SC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Boys Ranch school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Boys Ranch 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 Boys Ranch against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Boys Ranch
Is Boys Ranch a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Boys Ranch ranks 18,302nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, what local pay buys, and a stable housing market, 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 Boys Ranch expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $258,119. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $95,863 median income, cost of living beats 89% of towns.
Is Boys Ranch safe?
Boys Ranch is safer than 26% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $494 per resident a year.
Compare Boys Ranch with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Boys Ranch. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Boys Ranch 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.
Boys Ranch detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Boys Ranch: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Boys Ranch: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Boys Ranch: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Boys Ranch: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Boys Ranch 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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