Best PlacesFrisco, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Frisco, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages hide a wide spread here, so the area matters as much as the address. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Frisco ranks 5th of 445 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. Paychecks stretch further here than almost anywhere else: the median household brings in $168,677, everyday costs sit below the national average, and a strong job market ranks near the top of the country. The main drawbacks are transit, tree cover, and walkability.
The best neighborhoods in Frisco
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.
The best areas in Frisco
The parts of Frisco, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the city.
Southwestern Frisco
More households have young kids, incomes run higher, and more adults hold degrees.
Christie Ranch
Local pay stretches further and prices have run up less.
Lake Crossing
It is quieter and fewer homes sit empty.
Ridgeview at Panther Creek & Prairie View
Crime runs lower and more residents vote.
Southeastern Frisco
Streets are more car-dependent.
Hillcrest Plaza
Scores close to Southeastern Frisco, except that commutes are longer here.
The Centre at Preston Ridge, Hall Office Park & Parkwood at Frisco Bridges
Northern Frisco
Biking is better.
Frisco South Shopping Center & Frisco Square
Scores across Frisco run from about the 55th to the 100th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Frisco's strengths and weaknesses
Frisco ranks where it does because the parts of life that are hardest to change mostly work here. What local pay buys is the standout, in the top 1% of cities. A strong job market and high incomes follow.
The drawbacks are real but narrow. Transit, tree cover, and walkability hold the score down. The measures below break that down, and the map shows how much of it holds street by street.
Where Frisco ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 99% of cities
- Household income$168,677 median, better than 99% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than 97% of cities
- School gradeA−, better than 96% of cities
Where Frisco ranks low
- TransitBetter than only 5% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 11% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 17% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 18% of cities
- Short commute28.9 minutes each way, better than only 24% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Frisco
A household needs to earn about $194,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Frisco home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $168,677, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Frisco's effective rate of 1.45%, 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 Frisco
Frisco's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Frisco.
Who works in Frisco, and how
Work in Frisco centers on professional & technical and finance & insurance. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 60%
- Work from home 38%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Frisco
Frisco has more restaurants and bars per resident than 81% of cities and more parkland per resident than 93% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Frisco and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Frisco, month by month
Frisco sees roughly 166 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 47° | 39° |
| April | 77° | 66° | 58° |
| July | 96° | 86° | 78° |
| October | 80° | 70° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Frisco
Dallas Love Field sits about 21 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 Frisco
Schools across Frisco average an A−, better than 96% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Nichols ElA+ · 76% proficient
- Talley ElA+ · 75% proficient
- Mary Evans ElA+ · 75% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lawler MiddleA+ · 90% proficient
- Fowler MiddleA+ · 86% proficient
- Pioneer Heritage MiddleA+ · 83% proficient
Top high schools
- Wakeland H SA+ · 89% proficient
- Reedy H SA+ · 86% proficient
- Centennial H SA+ · 83% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Frisco school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Frisco 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 Frisco against the other 444 cities.
Who Frisco suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 100% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 38% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 78% of cities, health care access beats 65%, and it is quieter than 67%.
Common questions about living in Frisco
Is Frisco a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Frisco ranks 5th of 445 cities. It scores highest on what local pay buys, a strong job market, and high incomes, and lowest on transit and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Frisco expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $680,388. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $168,677 median income, cost of living beats 100% of cities.
Is Frisco safe?
Yes, Frisco is safer than 79% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $342 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Frisco?
July highs average about 96 degrees, and January highs near 57 with lows near 39. That works out to about 166 pleasant days a year, more than 78% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Frisco?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Southwestern Frisco, Christie Ranch, and Lake Crossing. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Frisco good for families?
Schools beat 96% of cities, crime safety beats 79%, and childcare runs $863 a month.
Is Frisco good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 100% of cities, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 62% of cities. About 38% of workers already work from home.
Compare Frisco with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Frisco. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Frisco 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.
Frisco detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Frisco: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Frisco: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Frisco: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Frisco: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Frisco 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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