Best PlacesEmberson, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Emberson, 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.
Emberson ranks 19,035th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Emberson
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.
Emberson's strengths and weaknesses
Where Emberson ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Cheap childcare$558 a month, better than 86% of towns
Where Emberson ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 10% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 16% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 17% of towns
Who lives in Emberson
Emberson runs younger than the country, 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 Emberson.
Who works in Emberson, and how
Work in Emberson centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Emberson
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Emberson.
What the weather is like in Emberson, month by month
Emberson sees roughly 99 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 43° | 34° |
| April | 75° | 63° | 53° |
| July | 95° | 83° | 73° |
| October | 79° | 66° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Emberson
Dallas Love Field sits about 95 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 Emberson
Schools across Emberson average a B−, better than 62% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Chisum ElB+ · 55% proficient
- Bailey IntB− · 40% proficient
- Aaron Parker ElC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Chisum MiddleB · 47% proficient
- Frank Stone MiddleB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Chisum H SB+ · 57% proficient
- North Lamar H SB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Emberson school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Emberson 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 Emberson against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Emberson
Is Emberson a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Emberson ranks 19,035th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, quiet, and low taxes, and lowest on air quality and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Emberson safe?
Emberson is safer than 44% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $378 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Emberson?
July highs average about 95 degrees, and January highs near 55 with lows near 34. That works out to about 99 pleasant days a year, more than 68% of towns.
Compare Emberson with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Emberson. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Emberson 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.
Emberson detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Emberson: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Emberson: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Emberson: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Emberson: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Emberson 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.
- 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.