Best PlacesMustang, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mustang, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Mustang ranks 3,318th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mustang
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.
Mustang's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mustang ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$138,602 median, better than 96% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 92% of towns
Where Mustang ranks low
- Short commute42.1 minutes each way, better than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 13% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mustang
A household needs to earn about $132,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mustang home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $138,602, 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 Mustang's effective rate of 1.32%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Mustang
Mustang runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mustang.
Who works in Mustang, and how
Work in Mustang centers on professional & technical and finance & insurance. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Mustang
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mustang.
What the weather is like in Mustang, month by month
Mustang sees roughly 112 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 45° | 35° |
| April | 76° | 64° | 54° |
| July | 96° | 85° | 75° |
| October | 80° | 67° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Mustang
Dallas-Fort Worth International sits about 28 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 41.3 million passengers in 2025, with 289 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Mustang
Schools across Mustang average a B, better than 73% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- James A MonacoB+ · 54% proficient
- Light Farms ElB+ · 51% proficient
- Hl BrockettB+ · 51% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lorene Rogers MiddleA+ · 72% proficient
- Jerry & Linda Moore MiddleA · 62% proficient
- William Rushing MiddleA · 61% proficient
Top high schools
- Prosper H SA · 73% proficient
- Celina H SA− · 60% proficient
- Aubrey H SB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mustang school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mustang 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 Mustang against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mustang
Is Mustang a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mustang ranks 3,318th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, cell coverage, and high incomes, and lowest on long commutes and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mustang expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $472,432. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $138,602 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Mustang safe?
Yes, Mustang is safer than 68% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $296 per resident a year.
Compare Mustang with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mustang. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mustang 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.
Mustang detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mustang: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mustang: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mustang: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mustang: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mustang 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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