Best PlacesPluck, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pluck, 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.
Pluck ranks 41,733rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Pluck
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.
Pluck's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pluck ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
- Cheap childcare$592 a month, better than 79% of towns
Where Pluck ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pluck
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pluck home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,054, 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 Pluck's effective rate of 0.68%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Pluck
Pluck runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pluck.
Who works in Pluck, and how
Work in Pluck centers on manufacturing and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 13%
Life in Pluck
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pluck.
What the weather is like in Pluck, month by month
Pluck sees roughly 89 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 49° | 40° |
| April | 79° | 67° | 57° |
| July | 94° | 83° | 74° |
| October | 82° | 69° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Pluck
George Bush Intcntl/Houston sits about 81 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 23.3 million passengers in 2025, with 214 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Pluck
Schools across Pluck average a C, better than 39% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Zavalla ElB− · 43% proficient
- Huntington ElB− · 40% proficient
- Huntington IntC+ · 39% proficient
Top middle schools
- Corrigan-camden J HC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Lufkin H SB+ · 51% proficient
- Huntington H SB · 50% proficient
- Colmesneil Jh/hsB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pluck school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pluck 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 Pluck against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pluck
Is Pluck a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pluck ranks 41,733rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, a stable housing market, and low taxes, and lowest on a weak job market and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pluck expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $227,979. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $71,054 median income, cost of living beats 55% of towns.
Is Pluck safe?
Pluck is safer than 18% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $554 per resident a year.
Compare Pluck with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pluck. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pluck 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.
Pluck detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pluck: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pluck: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pluck: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pluck: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pluck 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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