Best PlacesPacio, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pacio, 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.
Pacio ranks 8,084th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Pacio
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.
Pacio's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pacio ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 91% of towns
- Household income$102,137 median, better than 86% of towns
- Cheap childcare$558 a month, better than 86% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 83% of towns
Where Pacio ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 9% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 17% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pacio
A household needs to earn about $60,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pacio home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $102,137, 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 Pacio's effective rate of 0.89%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Pacio
Pacio's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pacio.
Who works in Pacio, and how
Work in Pacio centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, 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 Pacio
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pacio.
What the weather is like in Pacio, month by month
Pacio sees roughly 100 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 43° | 34° |
| April | 75° | 63° | 53° |
| July | 95° | 83° | 73° |
| October | 79° | 66° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Pacio
The nearest airport, Tyler Pounds Regional, is about 78 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 88 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pacio
Schools across Pacio average a B, better than 69% of towns.
Top elementary schools
Top middle schools
- Prairiland J HB+ · 52% proficient
- Chisum MiddleB · 47% proficient
- Cooper J HC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Chisum H SB+ · 57% proficient
- Cooper H SB · 50% proficient
- Prairiland H SB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pacio school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pacio 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 Pacio against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pacio
Is Pacio a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pacio ranks 8,084th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, what local pay buys, and high incomes, and lowest on internet speeds and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pacio expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $225,850. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $102,137 median income, cost of living beats 91% of towns.
Is Pacio safe?
Yes, Pacio is safer than 83% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $241 per resident a year.
Compare Pacio with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pacio. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pacio 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.
Pacio detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pacio: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pacio: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pacio: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pacio: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pacio 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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