Best PlacesPeeltown, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Peeltown, 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.
Peeltown ranks 14,267th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Peeltown
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.
Peeltown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Peeltown ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 87% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 87% of towns
- QuietBetter than 87% of towns
- Household income$94,378 median, better than 81% of towns
Where Peeltown ranks low
- Short commute37.9 minutes each way, better than only 8% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 8% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 11% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Peeltown
A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Peeltown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $94,378, 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 Peeltown's effective rate of 0.99%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Peeltown
Peeltown runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Peeltown.
Who works in Peeltown, and how
Work in Peeltown centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Peeltown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Peeltown.
What the weather is like in Peeltown, month by month
Peeltown sees roughly 119 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 46° | 36° |
| April | 77° | 65° | 55° |
| July | 96° | 84° | 75° |
| October | 81° | 68° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Peeltown
Dallas Love Field sits about 41 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 8.2 million passengers in 2025, with 91 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Peeltown
Schools across Peeltown average a C+, better than 49% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Scurry-rosser ElB · 50% proficient
- Kemp IntC+ · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Scurry-rosser MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
- Kemp J HD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Scurry-rosser H SB+ · 52% proficient
- Kemp H SC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Peeltown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Peeltown 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 Peeltown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Peeltown
Is Peeltown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Peeltown ranks 14,267th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, big-city access, and a strong job market, and lowest on long commutes and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Peeltown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $229,312. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $94,378 median income, cost of living beats 76% of towns.
Is Peeltown safe?
Yes, Peeltown is safer than 71% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $289 per resident a year.
Compare Peeltown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Peeltown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Peeltown 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.
Peeltown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Peeltown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Peeltown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Peeltown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Peeltown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Peeltown 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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