Best PlacesCopper Canyon, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Copper Canyon, 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.
Copper Canyon ranks 354th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Copper 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.
Copper Canyon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Copper Canyon ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$177,724 median, better than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 97% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 95% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 93% of towns
Where Copper Canyon ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 21% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 22% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 25% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Copper Canyon
A household needs to earn about $203,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Copper Canyon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $177,724, 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 Copper Canyon's effective rate of 1.48%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Copper Canyon
Copper Canyon runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, 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 Copper Canyon.
Who works in Copper Canyon, and how
Work in Copper Canyon centers on professional & technical and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 30%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Copper Canyon
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Copper Canyon.
What the weather is like in Copper Canyon, month by month
Copper Canyon sees roughly 119 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 44° | 33° |
| April | 77° | 64° | 53° |
| July | 97° | 86° | 75° |
| October | 81° | 67° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Copper Canyon
Dallas-Fort Worth International sits about 14 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 Copper Canyon
Schools across Copper Canyon average an A, better than 93% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ep Rayzor ElA · 65% proficient
- Flower Mound ElA · 63% proficient
- Heritage ElA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Stem Academy At Clayton Downing MiddleA+ · 76% proficient
- Briarhill MiddleA · 65% proficient
- Harpool MiddleA · 64% proficient
Top high schools
- Argyle H SA+ · 82% proficient
- Marcus H SA · 79% proficient
- Guyer H SA · 68% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Copper Canyon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Copper 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 Copper Canyon against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Copper Canyon
Is Copper Canyon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Copper Canyon ranks 354th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and population health, and lowest on property taxes and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Copper Canyon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $712,108. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $177,724 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Copper Canyon safe?
Yes, Copper Canyon is safer than 78% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $263 per resident a year.
Compare Copper Canyon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Copper Canyon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Copper 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.
Copper Canyon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Copper Canyon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Copper Canyon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Copper Canyon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Copper Canyon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Copper 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
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