Best PlacesFreemound, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Freemound, 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.
Freemound ranks 19,861st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Freemound
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.
Freemound's strengths and weaknesses
Where Freemound ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 96% of towns
- QuietBetter than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 141 pleasant days a year, better than 90% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 83% of towns
Where Freemound ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 12% of towns
- Short commute35.1 minutes each way, better than only 14% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Freemound
A household needs to earn about $71,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Freemound home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $91,559, 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 Freemound's effective rate of 0.75%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Freemound
Freemound runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Freemound.
Who works in Freemound, and how
Work in Freemound centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Freemound
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Freemound.
What the weather is like in Freemound, month by month
Freemound sees roughly 141 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 43° | 33° |
| April | 76° | 63° | 53° |
| July | 95° | 83° | 73° |
| October | 78° | 65° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Freemound
Dallas-Fort Worth International sits about 54 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 41.3 million passengers in 2025, with 289 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Freemound
Schools across Freemound average a B, better than 67% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Muenster ElB · 49% proficient
- Saint Jo ElB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Muenster H SA · 68% proficient
- Saint Jo H SB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Freemound school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Freemound 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 Freemound against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Freemound
Is Freemound a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Freemound ranks 19,861st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, quiet, and low taxes, and lowest on biking and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Freemound expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $274,210. The overall cost of living runs about 9% above the national average. Set against a $91,559 median income, cost of living beats 53% of towns.
Is Freemound safe?
Freemound is safer than 23% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $512 per resident a year.
Compare Freemound with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Freemound. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Freemound 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.
Freemound detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Freemound: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Freemound: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Freemound: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Freemound: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Freemound 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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