Best PlacesEastland County, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Eastland County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages are not the whole story, and the strongest areas score well above them. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Eastland County ranks 2,489th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. Summer heat pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low taxes.
The best neighborhoods in Eastland 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.
The best areas in Eastland County
The parts of Eastland County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Cisco
Schools score higher, prices have run up less, and fewer homes sit empty.
Eastland
Fewer households have young kids and heat risk is higher.
Ranger
Local pay stretches less far and incomes run lower.
Scores across Eastland County run from about the 3rd to the 66th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Eastland County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Eastland County ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 90% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 82% of counties
- Cheap childcare$571 a month, better than 77% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than 71% of counties
Where Eastland County ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of counties
- Internet speedBetter than only 9% of counties
- Crime safetyBetter than only 13% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than only 13% of counties
- Low vacancyBetter than only 18% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Eastland County
A household needs to earn about $39,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Eastland County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,606, 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 Eastland County's effective rate of 1.11%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Eastland County
Eastland County's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Eastland County.
Who works in Eastland County, and how
Work in Eastland County centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Eastland County
Eastland County has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of counties. That concentrates in some parts of Eastland County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Eastland County growing, and who is moving in?
Eastland County has held roughly flat in population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Amarillo, TX.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Eastland County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Eastland County, month by month
Eastland County sees roughly 115 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 99 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 46° | 36° |
| April | 81° | 66° | 55° |
| July | 99° | 86° | 76° |
| October | 83° | 69° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Eastland County
The nearest airport, Abilene Regional, is about 49 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 112 miles away.
The best schools in and around Eastland County
Schools across Eastland County average a B−, better than 61% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Cisco ElB · 47% proficient
- De Leon ElB · 47% proficient
- Cross Plains ElB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cisco J HB+ · 50% proficient
- Eastland MiddleB · 44% proficient
- Perkins MiddleB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Cisco H SA · 73% proficient
- De Leon H SB · 48% proficient
- Eastland H SB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Eastland County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Eastland 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 Eastland County against the other 3,143 counties.
Common questions about living in Eastland County
Is Eastland County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Eastland County ranks 2,489th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on low taxes, a stable housing market, and affordable childcare, and lowest on summer heat and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Eastland County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $141,509. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $58,606 median income, cost of living beats 29% of counties.
Is Eastland County safe?
Eastland County is safer than 13% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $604 per resident a year.
Compare Eastland County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Eastland County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Eastland 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.
Eastland County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Eastland County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Eastland County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Eastland County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Eastland County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Eastland 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
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