Best PlacesMabank, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mabank, 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.
Mabank ranks 29,922nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mabank
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.
Mabank's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mabank ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 137 pleasant days a year, better than 88% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 82% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 79% of towns
Where Mabank ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 15% of towns
- Short commute34.6 minutes each way, better than only 15% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 23% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mabank
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mabank home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,369, 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 Mabank's effective rate of 0.91%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Mabank
Mabank runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mabank.
Who works in Mabank, and how
Work in Mabank 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 86%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Mabank
Mabank has more restaurants and bars per resident than 67% of towns and more parkland per resident than 85% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Mabank and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Mabank, month by month
Mabank sees roughly 137 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 46° | 37° |
| April | 76° | 65° | 55° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 80° | 66° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Mabank
The nearest airport, Tyler Pounds Regional, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 57 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mabank
Schools across Mabank average a B−, better than 60% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Malakoff ElA− · 57% proficient
- Central ElB · 45% proficient
- Lakeview ElB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mabank J HA− · 55% proficient
- Malakoff MiddleA− · 54% proficient
- Canton J HB+ · 51% proficient
Top high schools
- Canton H SA · 72% proficient
- Malakoff H SB+ · 52% proficient
- Mabank H SB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mabank school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mabank 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 Mabank against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mabank
Is Mabank a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mabank ranks 29,922nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, the weather, and big-city access, and lowest on summer heat and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mabank expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $222,769. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $64,369 median income, cost of living beats 32% of towns.
Is Mabank safe?
Mabank is safer than 39% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $405 per resident a year.
Compare Mabank with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mabank. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mabank 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.
Mabank detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mabank: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mabank: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mabank: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mabank: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mabank 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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