Best PlacesOwens, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Owens, 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.
Owens ranks 32,876th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Owens
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.
Owens' strengths and weaknesses
Where Owens ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 97% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- QuietBetter than 90% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 134 pleasant days a year, better than 87% of towns
Where Owens ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 4% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Owens
A household needs to earn about $30,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Owens home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,314, 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 Owens' effective rate of 1.46%, 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 Owens
Owens 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 Owens.
Who works in Owens, and how
Work in Owens centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Owens
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Owens.
What the weather is like in Owens, month by month
Owens sees roughly 134 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 40° | 26° |
| April | 81° | 62° | 45° |
| July | 97° | 83° | 70° |
| October | 80° | 63° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Owens
The nearest airport, Lubbock Preston Smith International, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 252 miles away.
The best schools in and around Owens
Schools across Owens average a D+, better than 14% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ralls ElD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ralls MiddleC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Ralls H SD− · 12% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Owens school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Owens 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 Owens against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Owens
Is Owens a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Owens ranks 32,876th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, a stable housing market, and low taxes, and lowest on tree cover 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 Owens expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $104,711. The overall cost of living runs about 25% below the national average. Set against a $68,314 median income, cost of living beats 63% of towns.
Is Owens safe?
Owens is safer than 9% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $680 per resident a year.
Compare Owens with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Owens. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Owens 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.
Owens detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Owens: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Owens: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Owens: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Owens: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Owens 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.