Best PlacesBurleson, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Burleson, 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.
Burleson ranks 798th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and transit ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Burleson
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.
Burleson's strengths and weaknesses
Where Burleson ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 91% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 88% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 159 pleasant days a year, better than 85% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 77% of cities
Where Burleson ranks low
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 15% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than only 19% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 22% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Burleson
A household needs to earn about $94,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Burleson home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $104,280, 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 Burleson's effective rate of 1.46%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Burleson
Burleson 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 Burleson.
Who works in Burleson, and how
Work in Burleson centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Burleson
Burleson has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of cities and more parkland per resident than 83% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Burleson and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Burleson, month by month
Burleson sees roughly 159 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 58, 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 | 58° | 46° | 36° |
| April | 77° | 65° | 55° |
| July | 97° | 86° | 75° |
| October | 81° | 68° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Burleson
Dallas-Fort Worth International sits about 30 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 41.3 million passengers in 2025, with 289 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Burleson
Schools across Burleson average a B+, better than 68% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- North Joshua ElA · 67% proficient
- Nancy Neal ElA− · 60% proficient
- Tarver-rendon Ag LeadershipB+ · 54% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tom And Nita Nichols MiddleA · 63% proficient
- Steam MiddleA− · 58% proficient
- R C Loflin MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Burleson Collegiate H SA+ · 80% proficient
- Mansfield Legacy H SB+ · 58% proficient
- Burleson Centennial H SB · 49% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Burleson school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Burleson 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 Burleson against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Burleson suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 73% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 10% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Burleson
Is Burleson a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Burleson ranks 798th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on a strong job market, low taxes, and state finances, and lowest on transit and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Burleson expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $330,223. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $104,280 median income, cost of living beats 73% of cities.
Is Burleson safe?
Burleson is safer than 45% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $392 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Burleson?
July highs average about 97 degrees, and January highs near 58 with lows near 36. That works out to about 159 pleasant days a year, more than 85% of cities.
Is Burleson good for families?
Schools beat 68% of cities, crime safety beats 45%, and childcare runs $877 a month.
Compare Burleson with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Burleson. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Burleson 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.
Burleson detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Burleson: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Burleson: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Burleson: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Burleson: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Burleson 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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