Best PlacesLake Tanglewood, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lake Tanglewood, 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.
Lake Tanglewood ranks 9,763rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lake Tanglewood
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 Tanglewood's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lake Tanglewood ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of towns
- Household income$104,231 median, better than 87% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 126 pleasant days a year, better than 83% of towns
Where Lake Tanglewood ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 12% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 14% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lake Tanglewood
A household needs to earn about $101,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lake Tanglewood home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $104,231, 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 Tanglewood's effective rate of 1.14%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lake Tanglewood
Lake Tanglewood runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lake Tanglewood.
Who works in Lake Tanglewood, and how
Work in Lake Tanglewood centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Lake Tanglewood
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lake Tanglewood.
What the weather is like in Lake Tanglewood, month by month
Lake Tanglewood sees roughly 126 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 37° | 23° |
| April | 76° | 57° | 41° |
| July | 96° | 81° | 66° |
| October | 78° | 59° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Lake Tanglewood
The nearest airport, Rick Husband Amarillo International, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 273 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lake Tanglewood
Schools across Lake Tanglewood average an A−, better than 81% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Reeves-hinger ElA · 65% proficient
- Sundown Lane ElB · 48% proficient
- Hillcrest ElB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Canyon IntA · 59% proficient
- Greenways IntA · 59% proficient
- Sanford-fritch J HB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Canyon H SA · 70% proficient
- Randall H SA− · 59% proficient
- Dumas H SB+ · 58% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lake Tanglewood school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lake Tanglewood 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 Tanglewood against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lake Tanglewood
Is Lake Tanglewood a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lake Tanglewood ranks 9,763rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, low taxes, and cell coverage, and lowest on disaster risk and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lake Tanglewood expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $370,459. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $104,231 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is Lake Tanglewood safe?
Yes, Lake Tanglewood is safer than 65% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $312 per resident a year.
Compare Lake Tanglewood with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lake Tanglewood. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lake Tanglewood 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 Tanglewood detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lake Tanglewood: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lake Tanglewood: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lake Tanglewood: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lake Tanglewood: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lake Tanglewood 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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