Best PlacesForney, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Forney, 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.
Forney ranks 674th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Forney
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.
Forney's strengths and weaknesses
Where Forney ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 88% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 81% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 140 pleasant days a year, better than 79% of cities
Where Forney ranks low
- Short commute37.0 minutes each way, better than only 3% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 8% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 12% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 14% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Forney
A household needs to earn about $105,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Forney home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $103,871; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Forney's effective rate of 1.77%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Forney
Forney 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 Forney.
Who works in Forney, and how
Work in Forney centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Forney
Forney has more restaurants and bars per resident than 65% of cities and more parkland per resident than 90% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Forney and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Forney, month by month
Forney sees roughly 140 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 46° | 37° |
| April | 76° | 65° | 55° |
| July | 95° | 84° | 74° |
| October | 80° | 67° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Forney
Dallas Love Field sits about 24 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 Forney
Schools across Forney average a B−, better than 55% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Amy Parks-heath ElA · 65% proficient
- Claybon ElA− · 57% proficient
- Johnson ElB+ · 54% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sunnyvale MiddleA · 59% proficient
- Maurine Cain MiddleA− · 54% proficient
- Warren MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Rockwall-heath H SA− · 62% proficient
- Forney H SA− · 60% proficient
- Crandall H SB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Forney school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Forney 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 Forney against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Forney suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 74% of cities and 14% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Forney
Is Forney a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Forney ranks 674th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on a strong job market, low taxes, and state finances, and lowest on long commutes and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Forney expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $354,106. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $103,871 median income, cost of living beats 74% of cities.
Is Forney safe?
Yes, Forney is safer than 81% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $271 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Forney?
July highs average about 95 degrees, and January highs near 57 with lows near 37. That works out to about 140 pleasant days a year, more than 79% of cities.
Is Forney good for families?
Schools beat 55% of cities, crime safety beats 81%, and childcare runs $863 a month.
Compare Forney with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Forney. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Forney 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.
Forney detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Forney: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Forney: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Forney: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Forney: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Forney 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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