Best PlacesCanyon, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Canyon, 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.
Canyon ranks 10,041st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Canyon
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.
Canyon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Canyon ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 93% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 92% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 90% of towns
Where Canyon ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 9% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 11% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 14% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Canyon
A household needs to earn about $71,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Canyon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $88,188, 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 Canyon's effective rate of 1.14%, 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 Canyon
Canyon runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Canyon.
Who works in Canyon, and how
Work in Canyon centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Canyon
Canyon has more restaurants and bars per resident than 66% of towns and more parkland per resident than 88% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Canyon and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Canyon, month by month
Canyon sees roughly 127 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 37° | 23° |
| April | 76° | 57° | 41° |
| July | 96° | 81° | 66° |
| October | 78° | 59° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Canyon
The nearest airport, Rick Husband Amarillo International, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 265 miles away.
The best schools in and around Canyon
Schools across Canyon average an A−, better than 90% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Reeves-hinger ElA · 65% proficient
- Hillside ElA · 63% proficient
- Crestview ElA · 62% proficient
Top middle schools
- Canyon J HA · 61% proficient
- Canyon IntA · 59% proficient
- Greenways IntA · 59% proficient
Top high schools
- Canyon H SA · 70% proficient
- Randall H SA− · 59% proficient
- Midway Alternative H SD− · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Canyon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Canyon 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 Canyon against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Canyon suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 84% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 7% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Canyon
Is Canyon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Canyon ranks 10,041st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, population health, and low taxes, and lowest on noise and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Canyon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $257,725. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $88,188 median income, cost of living beats 84% of towns.
Is Canyon safe?
Canyon is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $453 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Canyon?
July highs average about 96 degrees, and January highs near 55 with lows near 23. That works out to about 127 pleasant days a year, more than 84% of towns.
Is Canyon good for families?
Schools beat 90% of towns, crime safety beats 30%, and childcare runs $678 a month.
Compare Canyon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Canyon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Canyon 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.
Canyon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Canyon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Canyon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Canyon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Canyon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Canyon 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.