Best PlacesDevers, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Devers, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Devers ranks 38,928th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Devers
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.
Devers' strengths and weaknesses
Where Devers ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 84% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
- QuietBetter than 80% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 117 pleasant days a year, better than 78% of towns
Where Devers ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of towns
- Short commute41.1 minutes each way, better than only 4% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Devers
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Devers home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,770, 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 Devers' effective rate of 1.25%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Devers
Devers's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Devers.
Who works in Devers, and how
Work in Devers centers on admin & support services and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Devers
The coast is about 42 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Devers, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Devers, month by month
Devers sees roughly 117 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 65, with lows near 45. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 65° | 53° | 45° |
| April | 80° | 69° | 61° |
| July | 93° | 83° | 76° |
| October | 84° | 71° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Devers
The nearest airport, Jack Brooks Regional, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is George Bush Intcntl/Houston, about 46 miles away.
The best schools in and around Devers
Schools across Devers average a B+, better than 78% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Devers ElA+ · 75% proficient
- Liberty ElC · 33% proficient
- Hull-daisetta ElF · 9% proficient
Top middle schools
- Devers JhA+ · 72% proficient
- Liberty MiddleB− · 41% proficient
- Hull-daisetta J HC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Liberty H SB · 48% proficient
- Hull-daisetta H SC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Devers school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Devers 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 Devers against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Devers
Is Devers a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Devers ranks 38,928th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, big-city access, and state finances, and lowest on thin health care access and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Devers expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $181,294. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $67,770 median income, cost of living beats 39% of towns.
Is Devers safe?
Devers is safer than 24% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $473 per resident a year.
Compare Devers with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Devers. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Devers 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.
Devers detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Devers: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Devers: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Devers: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Devers: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Devers 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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