Best PlacesMertzon, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mertzon, 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.
Mertzon ranks 27,257th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mertzon
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.
Mertzon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mertzon ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 92% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 91% of towns
Where Mertzon ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 9% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 13% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mertzon
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mertzon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,153, 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 Mertzon's effective rate of 1.17%, 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 Mertzon
Mertzon's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mertzon.
Who works in Mertzon, and how
Work in Mertzon centers on mining & oil & gas and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Mertzon
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mertzon.
What the weather is like in Mertzon, month by month
Mertzon sees roughly 145 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 100 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs March, April, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 46° | 32° |
| April | 85° | 68° | 52° |
| July | 100° | 85° | 72° |
| October | 85° | 68° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Mertzon
The nearest airport, San Angelo Regional/Mathis Field, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 185 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mertzon
Schools across Mertzon average a B+, better than 77% of towns.
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mertzon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mertzon 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 Mertzon against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mertzon
Is Mertzon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mertzon ranks 27,257th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, walkability, and low taxes, and lowest on disaster risk and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mertzon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $158,950. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $72,153 median income, cost of living beats 38% of towns.
Is Mertzon safe?
Mertzon is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $369 per resident a year.
Compare Mertzon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mertzon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mertzon 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.
Mertzon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mertzon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mertzon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mertzon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mertzon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mertzon 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.