Best PlacesEctor, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ector, 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.
Ector ranks 28,854th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Ector
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.
Ector's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ector ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 160 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 85% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 81% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
Where Ector ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 18% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 19% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ector
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ector home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,686, 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 Ector'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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Ector
Ector runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ector.
Who works in Ector, and how
Work in Ector centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Ector
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ector.
What the weather is like in Ector, month by month
Ector sees roughly 160 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 44° | 35° |
| April | 74° | 63° | 54° |
| July | 95° | 85° | 75° |
| October | 79° | 67° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Ector
Dallas Love Field sits about 61 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 8.2 million passengers in 2025, with 91 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Ector
Schools across Ector average a C−, better than 26% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Savoy ElC+ · 39% proficient
- Finley-oates ElD+ · 23% proficient
- Ector ElD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Rather L HB+ · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Savoy H SB− · 42% proficient
- Bonham H SC+ · 38% proficient
- Ector H SC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ector school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ector 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 Ector against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ector
Is Ector a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ector ranks 28,854th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, low taxes, and cell coverage, and lowest on crime and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ector expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $197,041. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $72,686 median income, cost of living beats 61% of towns.
Is Ector safe?
Ector is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $787 per resident a year.
Compare Ector with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ector. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ector 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.
Ector detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ector: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ector: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ector: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ector: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ector 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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