Best PlacesBrookeland, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Brookeland, 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.
Brookeland ranks 25,730th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Brookeland
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.
Brookeland's strengths and weaknesses
Where Brookeland ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
- Cheap childcare$592 a month, better than 79% of towns
Where Brookeland ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 23% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Brookeland
A household needs to earn about $63,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Brookeland home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,395, 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 Brookeland's effective rate of 0.82%, 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 Brookeland
Brookeland runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Brookeland.
Who works in Brookeland, and how
Work in Brookeland centers on education and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Brookeland
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Brookeland.
What the weather is like in Brookeland, month by month
Brookeland sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 50° | 41° |
| April | 79° | 67° | 57° |
| July | 92° | 82° | 72° |
| October | 82° | 69° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Brookeland
The nearest airport, Jack Brooks Regional, is about 79 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is George Bush Intcntl/Houston, about 110 miles away.
The best schools in and around Brookeland
Schools across Brookeland average a C−, better than 23% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Broaddus ElC · 34% proficient
- Brookeland ElC · 33% proficient
- Hemphill ElC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Huntington MiddleB · 45% proficient
- Hemphill MiddleB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Brookeland H SA− · 60% proficient
- Jasper H SC · 32% proficient
- Hemphill H SC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Brookeland school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Brookeland 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 Brookeland against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Brookeland
Is Brookeland a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Brookeland ranks 25,730th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, low crime, and a stable housing market, and lowest on summer heat and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Brookeland expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $241,267. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $70,395 median income, cost of living beats 54% of towns.
Is Brookeland safe?
Yes, Brookeland is safer than 88% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $239 per resident a year.
Compare Brookeland with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Brookeland. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Brookeland 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.
Brookeland detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Brookeland: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Brookeland: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Brookeland: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Brookeland: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Brookeland 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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