Best PlacesOran, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Oran, 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.
Oran ranks 34,471st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Oran
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.
Oran's strengths and weaknesses
Where Oran ranks high
- QuietBetter than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 128 pleasant days a year, better than 84% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 74% of towns
Where Oran ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 8% of towns
- Short commute37.1 minutes each way, better than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Oran
A household needs to earn about $79,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Oran home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $69,750, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Oran'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 Oran
Oran'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 Oran.
Who works in Oran, and how
Work in Oran centers on construction and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Oran
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Oran.
What the weather is like in Oran, month by month
Oran sees roughly 128 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 60, 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 | 60° | 45° | 33° |
| April | 79° | 65° | 53° |
| July | 98° | 85° | 73° |
| October | 82° | 67° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Oran
Dallas-Fort Worth International sits about 66 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 Oran
Schools across Oran average a C, better than 40% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Jacksboro ElC · 35% proficient
- Mineral Wells ElC · 33% proficient
- Perrin ElC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jacksboro MiddleB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Jacksboro H SB+ · 57% proficient
- Perrin H SC · 33% proficient
- Mineral Wells H SC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Oran school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Oran 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 Oran against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Oran
Is Oran a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Oran ranks 34,471st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, low taxes, and the weather, and lowest on summer heat and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Oran expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $300,941. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $69,750 median income, cost of living beats 31% of towns.
Is Oran safe?
Oran is safer than 53% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $345 per resident a year.
Compare Oran with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Oran. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Oran 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.
Oran detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Oran: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Oran: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Oran: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Oran: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Oran 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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