Best PlacesCoahoma, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Coahoma, 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.
Coahoma ranks 33,757th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Coahoma
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.
Coahoma's strengths and weaknesses
Where Coahoma ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 135 pleasant days a year, better than 87% of towns
Where Coahoma ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 4% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 6% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 7% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 10% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Coahoma
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Coahoma home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,721, 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 Coahoma's effective rate of 1.08%, 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 Coahoma
Coahoma runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Coahoma.
Who works in Coahoma, and how
Work in Coahoma centers on mining & oil & gas and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Coahoma
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Coahoma.
What the weather is like in Coahoma, month by month
Coahoma sees roughly 135 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 43° | 32° |
| April | 81° | 65° | 52° |
| July | 97° | 84° | 73° |
| October | 81° | 66° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Coahoma
The nearest airport, Midland International Air And Space Port, is about 58 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 252 miles away.
The best schools in and around Coahoma
Schools across Coahoma average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Forsan ElC+ · 38% proficient
- Washington ElC · 35% proficient
- Coahoma ElC− · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Coahoma J HD+ · 24% proficient
- Big Spring IntD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Big Spring H SC · 34% proficient
- Coahoma H SD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Coahoma school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Coahoma 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 Coahoma against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Coahoma
Is Coahoma a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Coahoma ranks 33,757th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, cell coverage, and a strong job market, and lowest on noise and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Coahoma expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $190,062. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $65,721 median income, cost of living beats 33% of towns.
Is Coahoma safe?
Coahoma is safer than 33% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $425 per resident a year.
Compare Coahoma with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Coahoma. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Coahoma 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.
Coahoma detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Coahoma: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Coahoma: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Coahoma: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Coahoma: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Coahoma 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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