Best PlacesOre City, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ore City, 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.
Ore City ranks 31,117th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Ore City
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.
Ore City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ore City ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 83% of towns
- Cheap childcare$574 a month, better than 81% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
Where Ore City ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 9% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 15% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 17% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ore City
A household needs to earn about $32,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ore City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,266, 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 Ore City's effective rate of 1.12%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Ore City
Ore City runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ore City.
Who works in Ore City, and how
Work in Ore City centers on education and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Ore City
Ore City has more parkland per resident than 95% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Ore City and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Ore City, month by month
Ore City sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 46° | 38° |
| April | 76° | 64° | 55° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 78° | 66° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Ore City
The nearest airport, East Texas Regional, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 123 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ore City
Schools across Ore City average a C+, better than 48% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Robert F Hunt ElA− · 58% proficient
- Gilmer ElC · 34% proficient
- Ore City ElC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pittsburg IntA− · 58% proficient
- Gilmer IntC+ · 36% proficient
- Ore City MiddleC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Gilmer H SA− · 60% proficient
- Pittsburg H SB+ · 57% proficient
- Ore City H SB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ore City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ore City 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 Ore City against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ore City
Is Ore City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ore City ranks 31,117th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, low taxes, and walkability, and lowest on air quality and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ore City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $118,560. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $63,266 median income, cost of living beats 42% of towns.
Is Ore City safe?
Ore City is safer than 35% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $415 per resident a year.
Compare Ore City with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ore City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ore City 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.
Ore City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ore City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ore City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ore City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ore City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ore City 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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