Best PlacesHorizon City, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Horizon City, 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.
Horizon City ranks 29,071st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Horizon City
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.
Horizon City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Horizon City ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 174 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- BikingBetter than 90% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 89% of towns
Where Horizon City ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Horizon City
A household needs to earn about $54,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Horizon City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,143, 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 Horizon City's effective rate of 2.24%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Horizon City
Horizon City 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 Horizon City.
Who works in Horizon City, and how
Work in Horizon City centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Horizon City
Horizon City has more restaurants and bars per resident than 68% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Horizon City and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Horizon City, month by month
Horizon City sees roughly 174 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 100 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs March, April, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 47° | 32° |
| April | 84° | 69° | 52° |
| July | 100° | 87° | 73° |
| October | 84° | 69° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Horizon City
The nearest airport, El Paso International, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 233 miles away.
The best schools in and around Horizon City
Schools across Horizon City average a C, better than 40% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Horizon Heights ElC · 32% proficient
- Dr Sue A Shook SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Idea Horizon Vista AcademyD+ · 24% proficient
Top middle schools
- Col John O Ensor MiddleC · 34% proficient
- Idea Horizon Vista College PreparatoryC− · 30% proficient
- Horizon MiddleD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Clint Isd Early College AcademyA · 68% proficient
- Eastlake H SB− · 41% proficient
- Horizon H SC− · 26% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Horizon City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Horizon City 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 Horizon City against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Horizon City suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 9% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Horizon City
Is Horizon City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Horizon City ranks 29,071st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, the weather, and low taxes, and lowest on property taxes 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 Horizon City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $171,965. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $65,143 median income, cost of living beats 34% of towns.
Is Horizon City safe?
Horizon City is safer than 35% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $450 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Horizon City?
July highs average about 100 degrees, and January highs near 62 with lows near 32. That works out to about 174 pleasant days a year, more than 97% of towns.
Is Horizon City good for families?
Schools beat 40% of towns, crime safety beats 35%, and childcare runs $564 a month.
Compare Horizon City with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Horizon City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Horizon City 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.
Horizon City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Horizon City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Horizon City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Horizon City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Horizon City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Horizon City 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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