Best PlacesLake Shore, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lake Shore, 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.
Lake Shore ranks 26,733rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lake Shore
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.
Lake Shore's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lake Shore ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 157 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 86% of towns
Where Lake Shore ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 11% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lake Shore
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lake Shore home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,199, 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 Lake Shore's effective rate of 0.98%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Lake Shore
Lake Shore runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lake Shore.
Who works in Lake Shore, and how
Work in Lake Shore centers on professional & technical and public administration. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Lake Shore
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lake Shore.
What the weather is like in Lake Shore, month by month
Lake Shore sees roughly 157 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 60, 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 | 60° | 45° | 33° |
| April | 79° | 65° | 53° |
| July | 97° | 84° | 72° |
| October | 80° | 66° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Lake Shore
The nearest airport, Abilene Regional, is about 54 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 138 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lake Shore
Schools across Lake Shore average a B+, better than 73% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- J B Stephens ElB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bangs MiddleB+ · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Bangs H SB+ · 58% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lake Shore school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lake Shore 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 Lake Shore against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lake Shore
Is Lake Shore a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lake Shore ranks 26,733rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, clean air, and the weather, and lowest on a weak job market and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lake Shore expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $130,726. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $63,199 median income, cost of living beats 39% of towns.
Is Lake Shore safe?
Yes, Lake Shore is safer than 60% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $320 per resident a year.
Compare Lake Shore with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lake Shore. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lake Shore 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.
Lake Shore detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lake Shore: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lake Shore: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lake Shore: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lake Shore: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lake Shore 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.