Best PlacesGlenn Heights, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Glenn Heights, 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.
Glenn Heights ranks 18,842nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Glenn Heights
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.
Glenn Heights' strengths and weaknesses
Where Glenn Heights ranks high
- TransitBetter than 93% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 93% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 91% of towns
Where Glenn Heights ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 13% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 16% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 17% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Glenn Heights
A household needs to earn about $80,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Glenn Heights home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $90,506, 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 Glenn Heights' effective rate of 1.59%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Glenn Heights
Glenn Heights 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 Glenn Heights.
Who works in Glenn Heights, and how
Work in Glenn Heights centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Glenn Heights
Glenn Heights has more parkland per resident than 90% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Glenn Heights and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Glenn Heights, month by month
Glenn Heights sees roughly 123 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 58, 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 | 58° | 46° | 37° |
| April | 76° | 65° | 55° |
| July | 96° | 84° | 74° |
| October | 81° | 67° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Glenn Heights
Dallas Love Field sits about 20 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 Glenn Heights
Schools across Glenn Heights average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Russell P Schupmann ElC · 33% proficient
- Shields ElC · 32% proficient
- Woodridge ElD− · 13% proficient
Top middle schools
- Red Oak MiddleC+ · 38% proficient
- Curtistene S Mccowan MiddleD · 19% proficient
- Ruby Young Personalized Steam AcademyF · 9% proficient
Top high schools
- Red Oak H SB+ · 52% proficient
- Desoto H SD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Glenn Heights school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Glenn Heights 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 Glenn Heights against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Glenn Heights
Is Glenn Heights a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Glenn Heights ranks 18,842nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, few empty homes, and low taxes, and lowest on property taxes and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Glenn Heights expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $276,014. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $90,506 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is Glenn Heights safe?
Glenn Heights is safer than 31% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $437 per resident a year.
Compare Glenn Heights with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Glenn Heights. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Glenn Heights 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.
Glenn Heights detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Glenn Heights: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Glenn Heights: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Glenn Heights: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Glenn Heights: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Glenn Heights 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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