Best PlacesEnnis, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ennis, 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.
Ennis ranks 1,690th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. Internet speeds pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low taxes.
The best neighborhoods in Ennis
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.
Ennis' strengths and weaknesses
Where Ennis ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 88% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 86% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 86% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 78% of cities
Where Ennis ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 5% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 7% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 8% of cities
- BikingBetter than only 10% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than only 12% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Ennis
A household needs to earn about $76,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ennis home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,827, 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 Ennis' effective rate of 1.41%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Ennis
Ennis 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 Ennis.
Who works in Ennis, and how
Work in Ennis centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Ennis
Ennis has more restaurants and bars per resident than 81% of cities and more parkland per resident than 89% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Ennis and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Ennis, month by month
Ennis sees roughly 95 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 58, 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 | 58° | 46° | 36° |
| April | 76° | 65° | 55° |
| July | 96° | 84° | 74° |
| October | 81° | 67° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Ennis
Dallas Love Field sits about 38 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 Ennis
Schools across Ennis average a C, better than 32% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Clift ElB− · 42% proficient
- Bowie ElB− · 40% proficient
- Jack Lummus IntC+ · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Palmer MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
- Howard J HB · 44% proficient
- Rice Intermediate/middle SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Waxahachie Global H SA · 72% proficient
- Palmer H SB+ · 58% proficient
- Rice H SB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ennis school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ennis 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 Ennis against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Ennis suits
Common questions about living in Ennis
Is Ennis a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ennis ranks 1,690th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on low taxes, state finances, and low disaster risk, and lowest on internet speeds and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ennis expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $269,645. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $78,827 median income, cost of living beats 39% of cities.
Is Ennis safe?
Ennis is safer than 12% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $581 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Ennis?
July highs average about 96 degrees, and January highs near 58 with lows near 36. That works out to about 95 pleasant days a year, more than 57% of cities.
Is Ennis good for families?
Schools beat 32% of cities, crime safety beats 12%, and childcare runs $863 a month.
Compare Ennis with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ennis. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ennis 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.
Ennis detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ennis: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ennis: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ennis: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ennis: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ennis 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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