Best PlacesPawnee, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pawnee, 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.
Pawnee ranks 40,804th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Pawnee
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.
Pawnee's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pawnee ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 186 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- QuietBetter than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 88% of towns
Where Pawnee ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 3% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pawnee
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pawnee home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,246, 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 Pawnee's effective rate of 0.78%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Pawnee
Pawnee runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pawnee.
Who works in Pawnee, and how
Work in Pawnee centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Pawnee
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pawnee.
What the weather is like in Pawnee, month by month
Pawnee sees roughly 186 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 68, with lows near 45. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68° | 55° | 45° |
| April | 84° | 72° | 62° |
| July | 96° | 84° | 75° |
| October | 87° | 74° | 64° |
Flying in and out of Pawnee
San Antonio International sits about 67 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.3 million passengers in 2025, with 87 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Pawnee
Schools across Pawnee average a C, better than 37% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Three Rivers ElB · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Three Rivers Jr/sr H SC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pawnee school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pawnee 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 Pawnee against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pawnee
Is Pawnee a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pawnee ranks 40,804th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, quiet, and low taxes, and lowest on summer heat and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pawnee expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $204,707. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $54,246 median income, cost of living beats 17% of towns.
Is Pawnee safe?
Pawnee is safer than 10% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $647 per resident a year.
Compare Pawnee with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pawnee. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pawnee 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.
Pawnee detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pawnee: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pawnee: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pawnee: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pawnee: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pawnee 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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