Best PlacesForest Chapel, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Forest Chapel, 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.
Forest Chapel ranks 26,572nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Forest Chapel
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.
Forest Chapel's strengths and weaknesses
Where Forest Chapel ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Cheap childcare$558 a month, better than 86% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 81% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
Where Forest Chapel ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 7% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 10% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 16% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Forest Chapel
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Forest Chapel home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $76,041, 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 Forest Chapel's effective rate of 0.88%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Forest Chapel
Forest Chapel runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Forest Chapel.
Who works in Forest Chapel, and how
Work in Forest Chapel centers on transportation & warehousing and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 13%
Life in Forest Chapel
Forest Chapel has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Forest Chapel and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Forest Chapel, month by month
Forest Chapel sees roughly 102 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 54, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54° | 43° | 33° |
| April | 74° | 62° | 53° |
| July | 94° | 83° | 74° |
| October | 78° | 65° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Forest Chapel
The nearest airport, Texarkana Regional-Webb Field, is about 96 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 101 miles away.
The best schools in and around Forest Chapel
Schools across Forest Chapel average a C+, better than 47% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Chisum ElB+ · 55% proficient
- Aaron Parker ElC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Chisum MiddleB · 47% proficient
- Frank Stone MiddleB · 43% proficient
- Hugo MsD− · 13% proficient
Top high schools
- Chisum H SB+ · 57% proficient
- North Lamar H SB+ · 53% proficient
- Hugo HsF · 11% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Forest Chapel school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Forest Chapel 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 Forest Chapel against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Forest Chapel
Is Forest Chapel a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Forest Chapel ranks 26,572nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, low taxes, and affordable childcare, 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 Forest Chapel expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $167,500. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $76,041 median income, cost of living beats 64% of towns.
Is Forest Chapel safe?
Forest Chapel is safer than 29% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $444 per resident a year.
Compare Forest Chapel with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Forest Chapel. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Forest Chapel 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.
Forest Chapel detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Forest Chapel: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Forest Chapel: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Forest Chapel: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Forest Chapel: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Forest Chapel 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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