Best PlacesHaslet, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Haslet, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Haslet ranks 492nd of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and walkability ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Haslet
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.
Haslet's strengths and weaknesses
Where Haslet ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 95% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 95% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 94% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than 90% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of cities
Where Haslet ranks low
- WalkabilityBetter than only 1% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 3% of cities
- Short commute35.3 minutes each way, better than only 5% of cities
- BikingBetter than only 12% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Haslet
A household needs to earn about $130,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Haslet home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $137,898, 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 Haslet's effective rate of 1.57%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Haslet
Haslet 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 Haslet.
Who works in Haslet, and how
Work in Haslet centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Haslet
Haslet has more parkland per resident than 81% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Haslet and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Haslet, month by month
Haslet sees roughly 127 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 46° | 36° |
| April | 77° | 66° | 55° |
| July | 98° | 87° | 77° |
| October | 81° | 69° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Haslet
Dallas-Fort Worth International sits about 20 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 Haslet
Schools across Haslet average a B, better than 66% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Carl E Schluter ElB · 48% proficient
- Sonny & Allegra Nance ElB · 47% proficient
- W R Hatfield ElB · 46% proficient
Top middle schools
- Gene Pike MiddleB+ · 51% proficient
- Truett Wilson MiddleB+ · 51% proficient
- Leo Adams MiddleB+ · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- Northwest H SA− · 63% proficient
- V R Eaton H SA− · 61% proficient
- Saginaw H SB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Haslet school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Haslet 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 Haslet against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Haslet suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 94% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 22% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Haslet
Is Haslet a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Haslet ranks 492nd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on few empty homes, a strong job market, and what local pay buys, and lowest on walkability and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Haslet expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $450,678. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $137,898 median income, cost of living beats 94% of cities.
Is Haslet safe?
Yes, Haslet is safer than 72% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $304 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Haslet?
July highs average about 98 degrees, and January highs near 58 with lows near 36. That works out to about 127 pleasant days a year, more than 72% of cities.
Is Haslet good for families?
Schools beat 66% of cities, crime safety beats 72%, and childcare runs $901 a month.
Compare Haslet with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Haslet. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Haslet 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.
Haslet detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Haslet: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Haslet: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Haslet: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Haslet: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Haslet 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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