Best PlacesJustin, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Justin, 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.
Justin ranks 2,794th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Justin
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.
Justin's strengths and weaknesses
Where Justin ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 94% of towns
Where Justin ranks low
- Short commute35.7 minutes each way, better than only 12% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 13% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 14% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 15% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Justin
A household needs to earn about $107,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Justin home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $123,612, 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 Justin's effective rate of 1.35%, 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 Justin
Justin 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 Justin.
Who works in Justin, and how
Work in Justin centers on transportation & warehousing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Justin
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Justin.
What the weather is like in Justin, month by month
Justin sees roughly 126 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 Justin
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 Justin
Schools across Justin average a B, better than 73% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- W R Hatfield ElB · 46% proficient
- Justin ElB− · 41% proficient
- Carson ElC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Medlin MiddleA+ · 68% proficient
- Ponder J HA− · 53% proficient
- Gene Pike MiddleB+ · 51% proficient
Top high schools
- Byron Nelson H SA · 72% proficient
- Northwest H SA− · 63% proficient
- Decatur H SB+ · 58% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Justin school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Justin 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 Justin against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Justin
Is Justin a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Justin ranks 2,794th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, cell coverage, and what local pay buys, and lowest on long commutes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Justin expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $381,189. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $123,612 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is Justin safe?
Yes, Justin is safer than 94% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $197 per resident a year.
Compare Justin with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Justin. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Justin 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.
Justin detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Justin: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Justin: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Justin: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Justin: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Justin 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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