Best PlacesCaney City, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Caney City, 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.
Caney City ranks 13,002nd 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 Caney City
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.
Caney City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Caney City ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 141 pleasant days a year, better than 89% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 84% of towns
- Household income$95,128 median, better than 81% of towns
Where Caney City ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 14% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Caney City
A household needs to earn about $68,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Caney City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $95,128, 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 Caney City's effective rate of 0.96%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Caney City
Caney City 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 Caney City.
Who works in Caney City, and how
Work in Caney City centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Caney City
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Caney City.
What the weather is like in Caney City, month by month
Caney City sees roughly 141 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 46° | 37° |
| April | 76° | 65° | 55° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 80° | 66° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Caney City
The nearest airport, Tyler Pounds Regional, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 65 miles away.
The best schools in and around Caney City
Schools across Caney City average a B+, better than 77% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Malakoff ElA− · 57% proficient
- Eustace IntC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Malakoff MiddleA− · 54% proficient
- Eustace MiddleB+ · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- Malakoff H SB+ · 52% proficient
- Eustace H SB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Caney City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Caney City 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 Caney City against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Caney City
Is Caney City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Caney City ranks 13,002nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, the weather, and low disaster risk, 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 Caney City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $256,106. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $95,128 median income, cost of living beats 84% of towns.
Is Caney City safe?
Caney City is safer than 45% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $369 per resident a year.
Compare Caney City with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Caney City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Caney City 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.
Caney City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Caney City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Caney City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Caney City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Caney City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Caney City 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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