Best PlacesPflugerville, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pflugerville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages hide a wide spread here, so the area matters as much as the address. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Pflugerville ranks 30th of 445 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. Paychecks stretch further here than almost anywhere else: the median household brings in $118,320, everyday costs sit below the national average, and a strong job market ranks near the top of the country. The main drawbacks are walkability, tree cover, and property taxes.
The best neighborhoods in Pflugerville
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.
The best areas in Pflugerville
The parts of Pflugerville, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the city.
Northeastern Pflugerville
Incomes run higher, more households have young kids, and local pay stretches further.
Springbrook
Prices have run up less, though crime runs higher.
Wuthrich Hill Farms
Fewer adults hold degrees and health outcomes score lower.
Mountain Creek
Biking is better, though schools score lower.
North Park & Sahd
Streets are more walkable, though heat risk is higher.
Scores across Pflugerville run from about the 18th to the 100th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Pflugerville's strengths and weaknesses
Pflugerville ranks where it does because the parts of life that are hardest to change mostly work here. A strong job market is the standout, in the top 1% of cities. What local pay buys and low crime follow.
The drawbacks are real but narrow. Walkability, tree cover, and property taxes hold the score down. The measures below break that down, and the map shows how much of it holds street by street.
Where Pflugerville ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 92% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than 91% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 90% of cities
Where Pflugerville ranks low
- WalkabilityBetter than only 8% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 9% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 11% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 19% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than only 22% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Pflugerville
A household needs to earn about $115,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pflugerville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $118,320, 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 Pflugerville's effective rate of 1.57%, 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 Pflugerville
Pflugerville runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pflugerville.
Who works in Pflugerville, and how
Work in Pflugerville centers on professional & technical and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Pflugerville
Pflugerville has more parkland per resident than 95% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Pflugerville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Pflugerville, month by month
Pflugerville sees roughly 185 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 50° | 42° |
| April | 80° | 68° | 59° |
| July | 96° | 84° | 75° |
| October | 83° | 71° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Pflugerville
Austin-Bergstrom International sits about 18 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 10.7 million passengers in 2025, with 127 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Pflugerville
Schools across Pflugerville average a B−, better than 57% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Murchison ElA · 63% proficient
- Rowe Lane ElA− · 59% proficient
- Forest Creek ElB · 49% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kelly Lane MiddleB+ · 52% proficient
- Ridgeview MiddleB+ · 52% proficient
- Cele MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Mcneil H SA− · 64% proficient
- Hendrickson H SA− · 59% proficient
- Hutto H SB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pflugerville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pflugerville 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 Pflugerville against the other 444 cities.
Who Pflugerville suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 96% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 25% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Pflugerville
Is Pflugerville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pflugerville ranks 30th of 445 cities. It scores highest on a strong job market, what local pay buys, and low crime, and lowest on walkability and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pflugerville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $399,005. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $118,320 median income, cost of living beats 96% of cities.
Is Pflugerville safe?
Yes, Pflugerville is safer than 92% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $281 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Pflugerville?
July highs average about 96 degrees, and January highs near 62 with lows near 42. That works out to about 185 pleasant days a year, more than 83% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Pflugerville?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Northeastern Pflugerville, Springbrook, and Wuthrich Hill Farms. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Pflugerville good for families?
Schools beat 57% of cities, crime safety beats 92%, and childcare runs $1,045 a month.
Is Pflugerville good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 96% of cities, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 62% of cities. About 25% of workers already work from home.
Compare Pflugerville with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pflugerville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pflugerville 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.
Pflugerville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pflugerville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pflugerville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pflugerville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pflugerville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pflugerville 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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