Best PlacesBunyan, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bunyan, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Bunyan ranks 25,321st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bunyan
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.
Bunyan's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bunyan ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 162 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 76% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 74% of towns
Where Bunyan ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 10% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 17% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bunyan
A household needs to earn about $80,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bunyan home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $65,206, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Bunyan's effective rate of 0.88%, 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 Bunyan
Bunyan's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bunyan.
Who works in Bunyan, and how
Work in Bunyan centers on transportation & warehousing and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Bunyan
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bunyan.
What the weather is like in Bunyan, month by month
Bunyan sees roughly 162 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 46° | 36° |
| April | 78° | 65° | 54° |
| July | 96° | 84° | 73° |
| October | 81° | 67° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Bunyan
The nearest airport, Waco Regional, is about 76 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 92 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bunyan
Schools across Bunyan average a B+, better than 76% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dublin ElA · 68% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dublin IntB+ · 51% proficient
Top high schools
- Dublin H SB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bunyan school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bunyan 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 Bunyan against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bunyan
Is Bunyan a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bunyan ranks 25,321st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, low taxes, and state finances, and lowest on an overheated housing market 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 Bunyan expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $303,410. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $65,206 median income, cost of living beats 47% of towns.
Is Bunyan safe?
Bunyan is safer than 21% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $505 per resident a year.
Compare Bunyan with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bunyan. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bunyan 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.
Bunyan detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bunyan: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bunyan: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bunyan: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bunyan: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bunyan 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.