Best PlacesKerrick, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kerrick, 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.
Kerrick ranks 33,846th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Kerrick
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.
Kerrick's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kerrick ranks high
- Short commute16.1 minutes each way, better than 96% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 91% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 130 pleasant days a year, better than 85% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 82% of towns
Where Kerrick ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kerrick
A household needs to earn about $72,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kerrick home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $74,167, 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 Kerrick's effective rate of 0.82%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Kerrick
Kerrick 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 Kerrick.
Who works in Kerrick, and how
Work in Kerrick centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Kerrick
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Kerrick.
What the weather is like in Kerrick, month by month
Kerrick sees roughly 130 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 35° | 21° |
| April | 74° | 55° | 39° |
| July | 95° | 79° | 64° |
| October | 76° | 57° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Kerrick
The nearest airport, Liberal Mid-America Regional, is about 85 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 260 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kerrick
Schools across Kerrick average a C+, better than 53% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mary Allen ElC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Stratford J HC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Stratford H SB+ · 57% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kerrick school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kerrick 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 Kerrick against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kerrick
Is Kerrick a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kerrick ranks 33,846th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, low taxes, and clean air, and lowest on civic engagement and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kerrick expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $275,900. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $74,167 median income, cost of living beats 62% of towns.
Is Kerrick safe?
Kerrick is safer than 3% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $944 per resident a year.
Compare Kerrick with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kerrick. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kerrick 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.
Kerrick detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kerrick: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kerrick: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kerrick: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kerrick: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kerrick 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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