Best PlacesKrum, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Krum, 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.
Krum ranks 3,079th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Krum
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.
Krum's strengths and weaknesses
Where Krum ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of towns
- Household income$128,737 median, better than 95% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 94% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of towns
Where Krum ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 12% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 16% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 18% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Krum
A household needs to earn about $101,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Krum home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $128,737, 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 Krum's effective rate of 1.11%, 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 Krum
Krum 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 Krum.
Who works in Krum, and how
Work in Krum centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Krum
Krum has more parkland per resident than 92% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Krum and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Krum, month by month
Krum sees roughly 120 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 44° | 33° |
| April | 77° | 64° | 53° |
| July | 97° | 86° | 75° |
| October | 81° | 67° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Krum
Dallas-Fort Worth International sits about 28 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 Krum
Schools across Krum average a B, better than 64% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Blanche Dodd ElB · 49% proficient
- Dyer ElC+ · 39% proficient
- Clear Creek IntC+ · 36% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ponder J HA− · 53% proficient
- Krum MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
- Sanger MiddleB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Ponder H SB+ · 57% proficient
- Sanger H SB · 50% proficient
- Denton H SB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Krum school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Krum 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 Krum against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Krum
Is Krum a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Krum ranks 3,079th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, what local pay buys, and high incomes, and lowest on tree cover and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Krum expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $369,839. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $128,737 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Krum safe?
Yes, Krum is safer than 84% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $245 per resident a year.
Compare Krum with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Krum. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Krum 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.
Krum detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Krum: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Krum: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Krum: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Krum: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Krum 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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