Best PlacesNewark, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Newark, 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.
Newark ranks 16,620th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Newark
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.
Newark's strengths and weaknesses
Where Newark ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 92% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 90% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 87% of towns
Where Newark ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 8% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 16% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 17% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 17% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Newark
A household needs to earn about $76,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Newark home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $103,268, 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 Newark's effective rate of 1.27%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Newark
Newark 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 Newark.
Who works in Newark, and how
Work in Newark centers on transportation & warehousing and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Newark
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Newark.
What the weather is like in Newark, month by month
Newark sees roughly 126 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 46° | 36° |
| April | 77° | 66° | 55° |
| July | 98° | 87° | 77° |
| October | 81° | 69° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Newark
Dallas-Fort Worth International sits about 27 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 Newark
Schools across Newark average a B−, better than 60% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Carl E Schluter ElB · 48% proficient
- Eagle Mountain ElB− · 41% proficient
- Boyd ElB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wayside MiddleB · 45% proficient
- Chisholm Trail MiddleC+ · 38% proficient
- Boyd IntC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Northwest H SA− · 63% proficient
- V R Eaton H SA− · 61% proficient
- Boswell H SA− · 59% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Newark school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Newark 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 Newark against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Newark
Is Newark a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Newark ranks 16,620th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, fast internet, and low taxes, and lowest on thin health care access and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Newark expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $274,232. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $103,268 median income, cost of living beats 87% of towns.
Is Newark safe?
Newark is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $439 per resident a year.
Compare Newark with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Newark. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Newark 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.
Newark detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Newark: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Newark: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Newark: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Newark: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Newark 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.