Best PlacesKeller, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Keller, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages hide a wide spread here, so the area matters as much as the address. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Keller ranks 16th of 445 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. Paychecks stretch further here than almost anywhere else: the median household brings in $146,932, everyday costs sit below the national average, and a strong job market ranks near the top of the country. The main drawbacks are property taxes, walkability, and transit.
The best neighborhoods in Keller
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 Keller
The parts of Keller, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the city.
Central Keller
Local pay stretches further, heat risk is lower, and prices have run up less.
Far North Dallas-Keller
Biking is better, though more homes sit empty.
Western Keller
More households have young kids, though incomes run lower.
Scores across Keller run from about the 39th to the 99th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Keller's strengths and weaknesses
Keller ranks where it does because the parts of life that are hardest to change mostly work here. What local pay buys is the standout, in the top 2% of cities. A strong job market and high incomes follow.
The drawbacks are real but narrow. Property taxes, walkability, and transit hold the score down. The measures below break that down, and the map shows how much of it holds street by street.
Where Keller ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 98% of cities
- Household income$146,932 median, better than 96% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 92% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than 90% of cities
Where Keller ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 8% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 14% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 17% of cities
- Short commute28.4 minutes each way, better than only 27% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 31% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Keller
A household needs to earn about $136,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Keller home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $146,932, 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 Keller's effective rate of 1.67%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Keller
Keller's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Keller.
Who works in Keller, and how
Work in Keller centers on retail trade and finance & insurance. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Keller
Keller has more parkland per resident than 89% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Keller and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Keller, month by month
Keller 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 Keller
Dallas-Fort Worth International sits about 13 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 Keller
Schools across Keller average an A−, better than 90% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Carroll ElA+ · 81% proficient
- Hidden Lakes ElA · 68% proficient
- Liberty ElA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- George Dawson MiddleA+ · 87% proficient
- Keller MiddleA+ · 70% proficient
- Medlin MiddleA+ · 68% proficient
Top high schools
- Carroll Senior H SA+ · 87% proficient
- Keller H SA · 78% proficient
- Byron Nelson H SA · 72% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Keller school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Keller 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 Keller against the other 444 cities.
Who Keller suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 98% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 25% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 62% of cities, health care access beats 58%, and it is quieter than 86%.
Common questions about living in Keller
Is Keller a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Keller ranks 16th of 445 cities. It scores highest on what local pay buys, a strong job market, and high incomes, and lowest on property taxes and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Keller expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $465,022. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $146,932 median income, cost of living beats 98% of cities.
Is Keller safe?
Yes, Keller is safer than 87% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $299 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Keller?
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 62% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Keller?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Central Keller, Far North Dallas-Keller, and Western Keller. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Keller good for families?
Schools beat 90% of cities, crime safety beats 87%, and childcare runs $907 a month.
Is Keller good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 98% of cities, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 92% of cities. About 25% of workers already work from home.
Compare Keller with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Keller. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Keller 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.
Keller detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Keller: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Keller: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Keller: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Keller: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Keller 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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