Best PlacesHigginbotham, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Higginbotham, 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.
Higginbotham ranks 27,158th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Higginbotham
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.
Higginbotham's strengths and weaknesses
Where Higginbotham ranks high
- QuietBetter than 93% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 153 pleasant days a year, better than 93% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 81% of towns
Where Higginbotham ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 4% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Higginbotham
A household needs to earn about $89,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Higginbotham home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $91,937, 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 Higginbotham's effective rate of 1.41%, 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 Higginbotham
Higginbotham 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 Higginbotham.
Who works in Higginbotham, and how
Work in Higginbotham centers on mining & oil & gas and construction. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 97%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Higginbotham
Higginbotham has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Higginbotham and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Higginbotham, month by month
Higginbotham sees roughly 153 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 41° | 29° |
| April | 79° | 63° | 47° |
| July | 95° | 82° | 69° |
| October | 78° | 62° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Higginbotham
The nearest airport, Lea County Regional, is about 21 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 257 miles away.
The best schools in and around Higginbotham
Schools across Higginbotham average a C+, better than 51% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Seminole J HB · 46% proficient
- William G Gravitt J HC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Denver City H SB− · 43% proficient
- Seminole H SB− · 41% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Higginbotham school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Higginbotham 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 Higginbotham against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Higginbotham
Is Higginbotham a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Higginbotham ranks 27,158th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, the weather, and low taxes, and lowest on education levels and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Higginbotham expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $315,373. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $91,937 median income, cost of living beats 81% of towns.
Is Higginbotham safe?
Higginbotham is safer than 16% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $557 per resident a year.
Compare Higginbotham with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Higginbotham. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Higginbotham 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.
Higginbotham detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Higginbotham: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Higginbotham: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Higginbotham: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Higginbotham: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Higginbotham 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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