Best PlacesLueders, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lueders, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Lueders ranks 27,682nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lueders
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.
Lueders' strengths and weaknesses
Where Lueders ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 137 pleasant days a year, better than 88% of towns
Where Lueders ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 10% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lueders
A household needs to earn about $28,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lueders home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,316, 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 Lueders' effective rate of 1.06%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lueders
Lueders runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lueders.
Who works in Lueders, and how
Work in Lueders centers on agriculture & forestry and hospitality & food. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Lueders
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lueders.
What the weather is like in Lueders, month by month
Lueders sees roughly 137 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 45° | 32° |
| April | 82° | 65° | 51° |
| July | 98° | 85° | 73° |
| October | 83° | 67° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Lueders
The nearest airport, Abilene Regional, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 150 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lueders
Schools across Lueders average a C, better than 36% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lueders-avoca El/j HC+ · 37% proficient
- Nancy Smith ElC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Albany Jr-sr H SB− · 45% proficient
- Lueders-avoca H SD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lueders school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lueders 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 Lueders against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lueders
Is Lueders a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lueders ranks 27,682nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, a stable housing market, and clean air, and lowest on summer heat and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lueders expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $104,588. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $68,316 median income, cost of living beats 52% of towns.
Is Lueders safe?
Lueders is safer than 33% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $422 per resident a year.
Compare Lueders with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lueders. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lueders 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.
Lueders detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lueders: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lueders: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lueders: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lueders: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lueders 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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