Best PlacesPaint Rock, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Paint Rock, 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.
Paint Rock ranks 38,256th 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 Paint Rock
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.
Paint Rock's strengths and weaknesses
Where Paint Rock ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 147 pleasant days a year, better than 91% of towns
- Cheap childcare$518 a month, better than 90% of towns
Where Paint Rock ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Paint Rock
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Paint Rock home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,071, 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 Paint Rock's effective rate of 0.99%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Paint Rock
Paint Rock runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Paint Rock.
Who works in Paint Rock, and how
Work in Paint Rock centers on retail trade and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 16%
Life in Paint Rock
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Paint Rock.
What the weather is like in Paint Rock, month by month
Paint Rock sees roughly 147 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 100 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs March, April, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 46° | 32° |
| April | 85° | 68° | 52° |
| July | 100° | 85° | 72° |
| October | 85° | 68° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Paint Rock
The nearest airport, San Angelo Regional/Mathis Field, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 161 miles away.
The best schools in and around Paint Rock
Schools across Paint Rock average a D+, better than 13% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Miles ElB+ · 52% proficient
- Veribest ElB+ · 50% proficient
- Ballinger ElC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Brady MiddleB+ · 52% proficient
- Ballinger J HC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Brady H SB+ · 55% proficient
- Ballinger H SB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Paint Rock school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Paint Rock 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 Paint Rock against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Paint Rock
Is Paint Rock a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Paint Rock ranks 38,256th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, a stable housing market, and low taxes, and lowest on summer heat 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 Paint Rock expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $152,025. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $58,071 median income, cost of living beats 24% of towns.
Is Paint Rock safe?
Paint Rock is safer than 24% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $484 per resident a year.
Compare Paint Rock with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Paint Rock. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Paint Rock 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.
Paint Rock detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Paint Rock: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Paint Rock: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Paint Rock: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Paint Rock: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Paint Rock 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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