Best PlacesPalo Pinto County, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Palo Pinto County, 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.
Palo Pinto County ranks 2,088th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. Summer heat pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low taxes.
The best neighborhoods in Palo Pinto County
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.
Palo Pinto County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Palo Pinto County ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 90% of counties
- Local economyBetter than 83% of counties
- Big-city accessBetter than 82% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than 79% of counties
- Nice weatherabout 125 pleasant days a year, better than 78% of counties
Where Palo Pinto County ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 7% of counties
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 12% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 14% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than only 18% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than only 18% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Palo Pinto County
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Palo Pinto County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,272, 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 Palo Pinto County's effective rate of 1.22%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Palo Pinto County
Palo Pinto County runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Palo Pinto County.
Who works in Palo Pinto County, and how
Work in Palo Pinto County centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Palo Pinto County
Palo Pinto County has more restaurants and bars per resident than 72% of counties. That concentrates in some parts of Palo Pinto County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Palo Pinto County growing, and who is moving in?
Palo Pinto County has grown about 8% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Dallas, TX.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Palo Pinto County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Palo Pinto County, month by month
Palo Pinto County sees roughly 125 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 Palo Pinto County
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 Palo Pinto County
Schools across Palo Pinto County average a C, better than 39% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Palo Pinto ElA− · 58% proficient
- Santo ElB · 47% proficient
- Lipan ElB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Millsap MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
- Graham J HB · 46% proficient
- Breckenridge J HB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Millsap H SB+ · 52% proficient
- Santo H SB · 50% proficient
- Lipan H SB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Palo Pinto County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Palo Pinto County 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 Palo Pinto County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Palo Pinto County suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 10% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Palo Pinto County
Is Palo Pinto County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Palo Pinto County ranks 2,088th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on low taxes, a strong job market, and big-city access, 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 Palo Pinto County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $207,306. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $70,272 median income, cost of living beats 40% of counties.
Is Palo Pinto County safe?
Palo Pinto County is safer than 28% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $482 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Palo Pinto County?
July highs average about 98 degrees, and January highs near 60 with lows near 33. That works out to about 125 pleasant days a year, more than 78% of counties.
Is Palo Pinto County good for families?
Schools beat 39% of counties, crime safety beats 28%, and childcare runs $863 a month.
Compare Palo Pinto County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Palo Pinto County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Palo Pinto County 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.
Palo Pinto County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Palo Pinto County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Palo Pinto County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Palo Pinto County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Palo Pinto County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Palo Pinto County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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.
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