Best PlacesPine Mills, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pine Mills, 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.
Pine Mills ranks 21,249th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Pine Mills
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.
Pine Mills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Pine Mills ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 90% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Cheap childcare$574 a month, better than 81% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
Where Pine Mills ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Short commute34.5 minutes each way, better than only 15% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 22% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pine Mills
A household needs to earn about $69,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pine Mills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,325, 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 Pine Mills' effective rate of 0.79%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Pine Mills
Pine Mills runs older than the country, 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 Pine Mills.
Who works in Pine Mills, and how
Work in Pine Mills centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Pine Mills
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pine Mills.
What the weather is like in Pine Mills, month by month
Pine Mills sees roughly 75 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° | 83° | 74° |
| October | 79° | 66° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Pine Mills
The nearest airport, Tyler Pounds Regional, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 91 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pine Mills
Schools across Pine Mills average a B, better than 64% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hawkins ElB · 47% proficient
- Quitman ElC+ · 36% proficient
Top middle schools
- Quitman J HB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Quitman H SB− · 45% proficient
- Hawkins H S / MiddleB− · 44% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pine Mills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pine Mills 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 Pine Mills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pine Mills
Is Pine Mills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pine Mills ranks 21,249th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, an educated workforce, and low disaster risk, and lowest on summer heat and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pine Mills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $264,278. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $70,325 median income, cost of living beats 58% of towns.
Is Pine Mills safe?
Yes, Pine Mills is safer than 61% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $310 per resident a year.
Compare Pine Mills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pine Mills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pine Mills 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.
Pine Mills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pine Mills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pine Mills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pine Mills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pine Mills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pine Mills 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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