Best PlacesCrane County, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Crane County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Crane County ranks 1,786th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Crane County
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.
Crane County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Crane County ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of counties
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of counties
- Nice weatherabout 176 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 97% of counties
- Disaster safetyBetter than 92% of counties
Where Crane County ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of counties
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 3% of counties
- Internet speedBetter than only 3% of counties
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Crane County
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Crane County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,913, 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 Crane County's effective rate of 0.95%, 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 Crane County
Crane County runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Crane County.
Who works in Crane County, and how
Work in Crane County centers on mining & oil & gas and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Crane County
Crane County has more parkland per resident than 98% of counties. That concentrates in some parts of Crane County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Crane County growing, and who is moving in?
Crane County has lost about 6% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Upton County, TX.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Crane County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Crane County, month by month
Crane County sees roughly 176 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 99 degrees. January highs sit near 63, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs March, April, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63° | 45° | 32° |
| April | 85° | 67° | 52° |
| July | 99° | 85° | 73° |
| October | 84° | 67° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Crane County
The nearest airport, Midland International Air And Space Port, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 265 miles away.
The best schools in and around Crane County
Schools across Crane County average a C+, better than 52% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Crane ElD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Crane MiddleC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Crane H SB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Crane County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Crane County 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 Crane County against the other 3,143 counties.
Common questions about living in Crane County
Is Crane County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Crane County ranks 1,786th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on cell coverage, walkability, and the weather, and lowest on education levels and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Crane County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $190,323. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $66,913 median income, cost of living beats 58% of counties.
Is Crane County safe?
Crane County is safer than 4% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $807 per resident a year.
Compare Crane County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Crane County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Crane County 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.
Crane County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Crane County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Crane County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Crane County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Crane County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Crane County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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.