Best PlacesOld Glory, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Old Glory, 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.
Old Glory ranks 30,920th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and empty homes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Old Glory
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.
Old Glory's strengths and weaknesses
Where Old Glory ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Short commute8.7 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 97% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
Where Old Glory ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 10% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Old Glory
A household needs to earn about $23,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Old Glory home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,461, 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 Old Glory's effective rate of 1.46%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Old Glory
Old Glory runs older than the country, 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 Old Glory.
Who works in Old Glory, and how
Work in Old Glory centers on agriculture & forestry and mining & oil & gas. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Old Glory
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Old Glory.
What the weather is like in Old Glory, month by month
Old Glory sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 44° | 33° |
| April | 80° | 65° | 53° |
| July | 98° | 85° | 73° |
| October | 81° | 67° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Old Glory
The nearest airport, Abilene Regional, is about 55 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 176 miles away.
The best schools in and around Old Glory
Schools across Old Glory average a C−, better than 20% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Aspermont ElC · 30% proficient
- Haskell ElC− · 27% proficient
- Hamlin Collegiate ElC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Haskell J HC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Haskell H SB− · 43% proficient
- Hamlin Collegiate H SC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Old Glory school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Old Glory 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 Old Glory against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Old Glory
Is Old Glory a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Old Glory ranks 30,920th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, short commutes, and clean air, and lowest on empty homes and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Old Glory expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $80,500. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $70,461 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Old Glory safe?
Old Glory is safer than 11% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $611 per resident a year.
Compare Old Glory with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Old Glory. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Old Glory 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.
Old Glory detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Old Glory: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Old Glory: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Old Glory: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Old Glory: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Old Glory 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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