Best PlacesLazare, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lazare, 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.
Lazare ranks 33,097th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lazare
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.
Lazare's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lazare ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Short commute19.9 minutes each way, better than 88% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 132 pleasant days a year, better than 86% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 81% of towns
Where Lazare ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lazare
A household needs to earn about $55,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lazare home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $74,115, 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 Lazare's effective rate of 1.37%, 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 Lazare
Lazare runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lazare.
Who works in Lazare, and how
Work in Lazare centers on health care & social and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Lazare
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lazare.
What the weather is like in Lazare, month by month
Lazare sees roughly 132 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 41° | 30° |
| April | 79° | 62° | 49° |
| July | 98° | 85° | 73° |
| October | 79° | 64° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Lazare
The nearest airport, Sheppard AFB/Wichita Falls Municipal, is about 92 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 199 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lazare
Schools across Lazare average a B−, better than 57% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Childress ElB · 46% proficient
- Reagan ElC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Childress J HB · 46% proficient
- Travis MiddleC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Quanah H SB+ · 57% proficient
- Childress H SB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lazare school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lazare 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 Lazare against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lazare
Is Lazare a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lazare ranks 33,097th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, low taxes, and short commutes, and lowest on thin health care access and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lazare expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $194,038. The overall cost of living runs about 26% below the national average. Set against a $74,115 median income, cost of living beats 80% of towns.
Is Lazare safe?
Lazare is safer than 11% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $618 per resident a year.
Compare Lazare with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lazare. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lazare 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.
Lazare detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lazare: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lazare: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lazare: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lazare: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lazare 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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