Best PlacesPerryton, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Perryton, 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.
Perryton ranks 22,253rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Perryton
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.
Perryton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Perryton ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 97% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 94% of towns
- BikingBetter than 93% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
Where Perryton ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 9% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Perryton
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Perryton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,945, 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 Perryton's effective rate of 1.38%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Perryton
Perryton runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Perryton.
Who works in Perryton, and how
Work in Perryton centers on mining & oil & gas and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Perryton
Perryton has more restaurants and bars per resident than 79% of towns and more parkland per resident than 94% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Perryton and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Perryton, month by month
Perryton sees roughly 127 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 34° | 23° |
| April | 71° | 53° | 39° |
| July | 95° | 80° | 67° |
| October | 75° | 57° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Perryton
The nearest airport, Liberal Mid-America Regional, is about 46 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 319 miles away.
The best schools in and around Perryton
Schools across Perryton average a B, better than 66% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kirksey ElB+ · 50% proficient
- Gus Birdwell ElB · 48% proficient
- Edwin F Williams IntB · 46% proficient
Top middle schools
- Spearman J HA+ · 70% proficient
- Perryton J HA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Spearman H SA · 68% proficient
- Perryton H SB+ · 53% proficient
- Ludi Pena Martin Accelerated Education CenterD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Perryton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Perryton 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 Perryton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Perryton
Is Perryton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Perryton ranks 22,253rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, walkability, and clean air, and lowest on thin health care access and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Perryton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $133,581. The overall cost of living runs about 24% below the national average. Set against a $67,945 median income, cost of living beats 64% of towns.
Is Perryton safe?
Perryton is safer than 10% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $648 per resident a year.
Compare Perryton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Perryton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Perryton 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.
Perryton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Perryton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Perryton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Perryton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Perryton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Perryton 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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