Best PlacesCuney, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cuney, 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.
Cuney ranks 19,662nd 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 Cuney
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.
Cuney's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cuney ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 125 pleasant days a year, better than 83% of towns
- Cheap childcare$574 a month, better than 81% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 75% of towns
Where Cuney ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 21% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 26% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cuney
A household needs to earn about $65,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cuney home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,519, 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 Cuney's effective rate of 1.04%, 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 Cuney
Cuney's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cuney.
Who works in Cuney, and how
Work in Cuney centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Cuney
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cuney.
What the weather is like in Cuney, month by month
Cuney sees roughly 125 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 48° | 41° |
| April | 76° | 66° | 58° |
| July | 92° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 79° | 68° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Cuney
The nearest airport, Tyler Pounds Regional, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 99 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cuney
Schools across Cuney average a B+, better than 75% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Frankston ElB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bullard IntA− · 55% proficient
- Frankston MiddleB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Bullard H SA− · 65% proficient
- Frankston H SB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cuney school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cuney 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 Cuney against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cuney
Is Cuney a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cuney ranks 19,662nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, the weather, and affordable childcare, and lowest on summer heat and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cuney expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $240,543. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $79,519 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Cuney safe?
Cuney is safer than 35% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $435 per resident a year.
Compare Cuney with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cuney. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cuney 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.
Cuney detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cuney: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cuney: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cuney: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cuney: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cuney 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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