Best PlacesFabens, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fabens, 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.
Fabens ranks 43,644th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Fabens
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.
Fabens' strengths and weaknesses
Where Fabens ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 174 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 95% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 87% of towns
Where Fabens ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 4% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fabens
A household needs to earn about $31,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fabens home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $47,292, 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 Fabens' effective rate of 1.39%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Fabens
Fabens runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Fabens.
Who works in Fabens, and how
Work in Fabens centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Fabens
Fabens has more restaurants and bars per resident than 77% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Fabens and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Fabens, month by month
Fabens sees roughly 174 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 100 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs March, April, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 47° | 32° |
| April | 84° | 69° | 52° |
| July | 100° | 87° | 73° |
| October | 84° | 69° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Fabens
The nearest airport, El Paso International, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 246 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fabens
Schools across Fabens average a D, better than 5% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fabens ElD · 20% proficient
- Johanna Odonnell IntD− · 12% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fabens MiddleD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Fabens H SD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fabens school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fabens 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 Fabens against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fabens
Is Fabens a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fabens ranks 43,644th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, the weather, and walkability, and lowest on education levels 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 Fabens expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $111,146. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $47,292 median income, cost of living beats 13% of towns.
Is Fabens safe?
Fabens is safer than 22% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $626 per resident a year.
Compare Fabens with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fabens. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fabens 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.
Fabens detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fabens: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fabens: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fabens: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fabens: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fabens 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.