Best PlacesLittlefield, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Littlefield, 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.
Littlefield ranks 27,698th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Littlefield
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.
Littlefield's strengths and weaknesses
Where Littlefield ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 97% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Short commute16.6 minutes each way, better than 96% of towns
Where Littlefield ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 6% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 7% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Littlefield
A household needs to earn about $26,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Littlefield home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,911, 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 Littlefield's effective rate of 1.26%, 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 2 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Littlefield
Littlefield runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Littlefield.
Who works in Littlefield, and how
Work in Littlefield centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Littlefield
Littlefield has more restaurants and bars per resident than 77% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Littlefield and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Littlefield, month by month
Littlefield sees roughly 145 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 37° | 22° |
| April | 78° | 58° | 40° |
| July | 95° | 79° | 64° |
| October | 78° | 58° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Littlefield
The nearest airport, Lubbock Preston Smith International, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 256 miles away.
The best schools in and around Littlefield
Schools across Littlefield average a C, better than 42% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Littlefield ElC− · 29% proficient
Top middle schools
- Littlefield J HB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Littlefield H SB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Littlefield school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Littlefield 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 Littlefield against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Littlefield
Is Littlefield a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Littlefield ranks 27,698th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, walkability, and clean air, and lowest on thin health care access and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Littlefield expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $94,153. The overall cost of living runs about 24% below the national average. Set against a $58,911 median income, cost of living beats 42% of towns.
Is Littlefield safe?
Littlefield is safer than 11% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $660 per resident a year.
Compare Littlefield with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Littlefield. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Littlefield 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.
Littlefield detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Littlefield: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Littlefield: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Littlefield: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Littlefield: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Littlefield 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.