Best PlacesPampa, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pampa, 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.
Pampa ranks 32,617th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Pampa
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.
Pampa's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pampa ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- Short commute16.7 minutes each way, better than 95% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 93% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- BikingBetter than 87% of towns
Where Pampa ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 8% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 8% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 9% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pampa
A household needs to earn about $32,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pampa home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,151, 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 Pampa's effective rate of 1.41%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pampa
Pampa runs younger 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 Pampa.
Who works in Pampa, and how
Work in Pampa centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Pampa
Pampa has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of towns and more parkland per resident than 93% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Pampa and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Pampa, month by month
Pampa sees roughly 127 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 37° | 26° |
| April | 75° | 58° | 45° |
| July | 96° | 81° | 69° |
| October | 76° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Pampa
The nearest airport, Rick Husband Amarillo International, is about 48 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 289 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pampa
Schools across Pampa average a B−, better than 55% of towns.
Top elementary schools
Top middle schools
- Pampa J HC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Pampa H SB · 46% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pampa school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pampa 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 Pampa against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pampa
Is Pampa a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pampa ranks 32,617th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, short commutes, and walkability, and lowest on distance from a big city 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 Pampa expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $111,366. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $60,151 median income, cost of living beats 45% of towns.
Is Pampa safe?
Pampa is safer than 13% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $613 per resident a year.
Compare Pampa with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pampa. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pampa 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.
Pampa detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pampa: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pampa: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pampa: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pampa: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pampa 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.