Best PlacesFort Stockton, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fort Stockton, 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.
Fort Stockton ranks 23,126th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Fort Stockton
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.
Fort Stockton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fort Stockton ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 183 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 93% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 92% of towns
Where Fort Stockton ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 6% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fort Stockton
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fort Stockton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $80,039, 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 Fort Stockton's effective rate of 0.84%, 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 Fort Stockton
Fort Stockton runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Fort Stockton.
Who works in Fort Stockton, and how
Work in Fort Stockton centers on mining & oil & gas and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Fort Stockton
Fort Stockton has more restaurants and bars per resident than 80% of towns and more parkland per resident than 86% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Fort Stockton and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Fort Stockton, month by month
Fort Stockton sees roughly 183 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 63, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March, April, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63° | 47° | 36° |
| April | 85° | 68° | 55° |
| July | 97° | 84° | 72° |
| October | 83° | 68° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Fort Stockton
The nearest airport, Midland International Air And Space Port, is about 84 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 280 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fort Stockton
Schools across Fort Stockton average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fort Stockton Apache ElC− · 30% proficient
- Fort Stockton IntC− · 30% proficient
- Fort Stockton Alamo ElC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fort Stockton MiddleD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Fort Stockton HighC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fort Stockton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fort Stockton 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 Fort Stockton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fort Stockton
Is Fort Stockton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fort Stockton ranks 23,126th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, cell coverage, and walkability, and lowest on thin health care access and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fort Stockton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $171,694. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $80,039 median income, cost of living beats 75% of towns.
Is Fort Stockton safe?
Fort Stockton is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $744 per resident a year.
Compare Fort Stockton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fort Stockton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fort Stockton 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.
Fort Stockton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fort Stockton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fort Stockton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fort Stockton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fort Stockton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fort Stockton 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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