Best PlacesMahoney, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mahoney, 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.
Mahoney ranks 20,124th 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 Mahoney
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.
Mahoney's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mahoney ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Cheap childcare$558 a month, better than 86% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 82% of towns
- Short commute21.6 minutes each way, better than 82% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
Where Mahoney ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 17% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 21% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mahoney
A household needs to earn about $75,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mahoney home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,278, 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 Mahoney's effective rate of 0.88%, 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 Mahoney
Mahoney runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mahoney.
Who works in Mahoney, and how
Work in Mahoney centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Mahoney
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mahoney.
What the weather is like in Mahoney, month by month
Mahoney sees roughly 89 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 46° | 38° |
| April | 76° | 65° | 56° |
| July | 95° | 84° | 75° |
| October | 80° | 68° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Mahoney
The nearest airport, Tyler Pounds Regional, is about 57 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 82 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mahoney
Schools across Mahoney average a B, better than 69% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sulphur Springs ElB− · 44% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sulphur Springs MiddleB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Sulphur Springs H SB+ · 56% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mahoney school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mahoney 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 Mahoney against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mahoney
Is Mahoney a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mahoney ranks 20,124th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, affordable childcare, and few empty homes, and lowest on summer heat and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mahoney expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $283,346. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $78,278 median income, cost of living beats 61% of towns.
Is Mahoney safe?
Mahoney is safer than 40% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $397 per resident a year.
Compare Mahoney with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mahoney. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mahoney 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.
Mahoney detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mahoney: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mahoney: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mahoney: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mahoney: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mahoney 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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