Best PlacesPauline, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pauline, 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.
Pauline ranks 25,850th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Pauline
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.
Pauline's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pauline ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 95% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 133 pleasant days a year, better than 86% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 84% of towns
Where Pauline ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 13% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Household income$54,744 median, better than only 19% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pauline
A household needs to earn about $76,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pauline home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $54,744, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Pauline's effective rate of 0.95%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pauline
Pauline runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65, 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 Pauline.
Who works in Pauline, and how
Work in Pauline centers on manufacturing and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Pauline
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pauline.
What the weather is like in Pauline, month by month
Pauline sees roughly 133 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 46° | 37° |
| April | 76° | 65° | 55° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 80° | 66° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Pauline
The nearest airport, Tyler Pounds Regional, is about 41 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 56 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pauline
Schools across Pauline average a B−, better than 55% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lakeview ElB · 45% proficient
- Eustace IntC+ · 37% proficient
- Southside ElC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Eustace MiddleB+ · 49% proficient
- Mabank IntC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Mabank H SB · 50% proficient
- Eustace H SB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pauline school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pauline 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 Pauline against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pauline
Is Pauline a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pauline ranks 25,850th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, cell coverage, 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 Pauline expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $285,192. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $54,744 median income, cost of living beats 20% of towns.
Is Pauline safe?
Pauline is safer than 14% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $572 per resident a year.
Compare Pauline with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pauline. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pauline 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.
Pauline detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pauline: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pauline: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pauline: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pauline: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pauline 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.