Best PlacesHunt County, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Hunt County, 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.
Hunt County ranks 1,253rd of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Hunt County
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 Hunt County
The parts of Hunt County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Royse City, Quinlan & Caddo Mills
Fewer homes sit empty, more households have young kids, and local pay stretches further.
Celeste
It is quieter, though commutes are longer.
West Tawakoni & Lone Oak
Prices have run up less, though fewer adults hold degrees.
Greenville
Incomes run lower and schools score lower.
Commerce
Homes cost less, though fewer residents vote.
Scores across Hunt County run from about the 13th to the 84th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Hunt County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hunt County ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 96% of counties
- Big-city accessBetter than 91% of counties
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 90% of counties
- Nice weatherabout 141 pleasant days a year, better than 88% of counties
- Disaster safetyBetter than 80% of counties
Where Hunt County ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 10% of counties
- Short commute31.2 minutes each way, better than only 12% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than only 12% of counties
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 18% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than only 19% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Hunt County
A household needs to earn about $69,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hunt County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,122, 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 Hunt County's effective rate of 1.21%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hunt County
Hunt County runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hunt County.
Who works in Hunt County, and how
Work in Hunt County centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Hunt County
Hunt County has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties and less parkland per resident than most counties. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Hunt County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Hunt County growing, and who is moving in?
Hunt County has grown about 34% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Dallas, TX metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Hunt County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Hunt County, month by month
Hunt County sees roughly 141 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 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° | 45° | 36° |
| April | 76° | 64° | 55° |
| July | 96° | 84° | 75° |
| October | 81° | 67° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Hunt County
Dallas Love Field sits about 46 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 Hunt County
Schools across Hunt County average a C, better than 41% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Kathryn Griffis ElA− · 55% proficient
- Frances And Jeannette Lee ElB+ · 53% proficient
- Bland ElB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Caddo Mills MiddleA− · 53% proficient
- Celeste J HB+ · 48% proficient
- Bland MiddleB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Caddo Mills H SA · 73% proficient
- Boles H SB+ · 57% proficient
- Wolfe City H SB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hunt County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hunt County 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 Hunt County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Hunt County suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 11% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Hunt County
Is Hunt County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hunt County ranks 1,253rd of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on a strong job market, big-city access, and low taxes, and lowest on thin health care access and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hunt County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $249,910. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $78,122 median income, cost of living beats 64% of counties.
Is Hunt County safe?
Hunt County is safer than 50% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $397 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Hunt County?
July highs average about 96 degrees, and January highs near 58 with lows near 36. That works out to about 141 pleasant days a year, more than 88% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Hunt County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Royse City, Quinlan & Caddo Mills, Celeste, and West Tawakoni & Lone Oak. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Hunt County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hunt County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hunt County 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.
Hunt County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hunt County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hunt County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hunt County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hunt County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hunt County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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