Best PlacesEastland, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Eastland, 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.
Eastland ranks 35,857th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Eastland
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.
Eastland's strengths and weaknesses
Where Eastland ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Short commute18.8 minutes each way, better than 91% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 86% of towns
- BikingBetter than 84% of towns
Where Eastland ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 14% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 18% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Eastland
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Eastland home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,612, 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's effective rate of 1.03%, 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 9 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
Eastland'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 Eastland.
Who works in Eastland, and how
Work in Eastland centers on retail trade and hospitality & food. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Eastland
Eastland has more restaurants and bars per resident than 91% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Eastland and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Eastland, month by month
Eastland sees roughly 102 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
The nearest airport, Abilene Regional, is about 51 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 109 miles away.
The best schools in and around Eastland
Schools across Eastland average a B−, better than 61% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Siebert ElB− · 41% proficient
- Maxfield ElC− · 30% proficient
- Ranger ElD · 19% proficient
Top middle schools
- Eastland MiddleB · 44% proficient
- Gorman MiddleD+ · 27% proficient
- Ranger MiddleD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Eastland H SB · 47% proficient
- Gorman H SC− · 27% proficient
- Ranger H SF · 9% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Eastland school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Eastland 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 against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Eastland
Is Eastland a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Eastland ranks 35,857th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, low taxes, and short commutes, and lowest on summer heat and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Eastland expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $194,004. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $58,612 median income, cost of living beats 33% of towns.
Is Eastland safe?
Eastland is safer than 9% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $683 per resident a year.
Compare Eastland with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Eastland. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Eastland 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 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Eastland: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Eastland: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Eastland: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Eastland: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Eastland 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.