Best PlacesPine, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pine, 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 ranks 27,121st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Pine
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's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pine ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 83% of towns
- Cheap childcare$574 a month, better than 81% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
Where Pine ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 8% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 22% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pine
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pine home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $75,549, 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's effective rate of 1.11%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Pine
Pine 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 Pine.
Who works in Pine, and how
Work in Pine centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Pine
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pine.
What the weather is like in Pine, month by month
Pine sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 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 | 76° | 64° | 54° |
| July | 94° | 83° | 73° |
| October | 80° | 66° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Pine
The nearest airport, East Texas Regional, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 109 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pine
Schools across Pine average a B−, better than 64% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Gilmer ElC · 34% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pittsburg IntA− · 58% proficient
- Gilmer IntC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Gilmer H SA− · 60% proficient
- Pittsburg H SB+ · 57% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pine school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pine 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 against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pine
Is Pine a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pine ranks 27,121st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, a stable housing market, and a strong job market, and lowest on thin health care access and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pine expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $190,669. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $75,549 median income, cost of living beats 55% of towns.
Is Pine safe?
Pine is safer than 38% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $418 per resident a year.
Compare Pine with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pine. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pine 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 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pine: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pine: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pine: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pine: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pine 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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