Best PlacesPandale, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pandale, 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.
Pandale ranks 40,134th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Pandale
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.
Pandale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pandale ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 177 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Short commute20.8 minutes each way, better than 85% of towns
Where Pandale ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pandale
A household needs to earn about $67,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pandale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,809, 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 Pandale's effective rate of 1.05%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Pandale
Pandale 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 Pandale.
Who works in Pandale, and how
Work in Pandale centers on education and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 60%
- Work from home 36%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Pandale
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pandale.
What the weather is like in Pandale, month by month
Pandale sees roughly 177 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 61, 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 | 61° | 45° | 33° |
| April | 82° | 66° | 53° |
| July | 96° | 83° | 72° |
| October | 80° | 66° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Pandale
The nearest airport, Del Rio International, is about 72 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 192 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pandale
Schools across Pandale average a B−, better than 63% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ozona ElC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ozona MiddleB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Ozona H SB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pandale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pandale 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 Pandale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pandale
Is Pandale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pandale ranks 40,134th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, an educated workforce, and low taxes, and lowest on internet speeds and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pandale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $246,463. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $67,809 median income, cost of living beats 51% of towns.
Is Pandale safe?
Pandale is safer than 3% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $940 per resident a year.
Compare Pandale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pandale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pandale 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.
Pandale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pandale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pandale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pandale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pandale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pandale 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.