Best PlacesEolian, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Eolian, 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.
Eolian ranks 35,013th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Eolian
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.
Eolian's strengths and weaknesses
Where Eolian ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Cheap childcare$571 a month, better than 82% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 75% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 72% of towns
Where Eolian ranks low
- Short commute42.3 minutes each way, better than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Eolian
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Eolian home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,048, 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 Eolian's effective rate of 1.00%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Eolian
Eolian runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Eolian.
Who works in Eolian, and how
Work in Eolian centers on manufacturing and mining & oil & gas. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Eolian
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Eolian.
What the weather is like in Eolian, month by month
Eolian 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 Eolian
The nearest airport, Abilene Regional, is about 44 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 116 miles away.
The best schools in and around Eolian
Schools across Eolian average a C, better than 32% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Nancy Smith ElC · 33% proficient
- South ElC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Albany Jr-sr H SB− · 45% proficient
- Breckenridge H SC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Eolian school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Eolian 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 Eolian against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Eolian
Is Eolian a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Eolian ranks 35,013th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, affordable childcare, and state finances, and lowest on long commutes and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Eolian expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $207,259. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $83,048 median income, cost of living beats 72% of towns.
Is Eolian safe?
Eolian is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $442 per resident a year.
Compare Eolian with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Eolian. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Eolian 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.
Eolian detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Eolian: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Eolian: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Eolian: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Eolian: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Eolian 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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