Best PlacesPost, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Post, 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.
Post ranks 42,023rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Post
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.
Post's strengths and weaknesses
Where Post ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 97% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 91% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 132 pleasant days a year, better than 86% of towns
Where Post ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 4% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 6% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Post
A household needs to earn about $30,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Post home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $48,046, 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 Post's effective rate of 1.33%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Post
Post runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Post.
Who works in Post, and how
Work in Post centers on mining & oil & gas and public administration. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Post
Post has more restaurants and bars per resident than 79% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Post and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Post, month by month
Post sees roughly 132 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 40° | 26° |
| April | 81° | 62° | 45° |
| July | 97° | 83° | 70° |
| October | 80° | 63° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Post
The nearest airport, Lubbock Preston Smith International, is about 41 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 252 miles away.
The best schools in and around Post
Schools across Post average a C, better than 42% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Ralls MiddleC · 33% proficient
- Post MiddleD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Post H SB+ · 57% proficient
- Slaton H SC+ · 38% proficient
- Ralls H SD− · 12% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Post school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Post 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 Post against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Post
Is Post a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Post ranks 42,023rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, clean air, and low taxes, and lowest on education levels and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Post expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $106,072. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $48,046 median income, cost of living beats 12% of towns.
Is Post safe?
Post is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $767 per resident a year.
Compare Post with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Post. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Post 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.
Post detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Post: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Post: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Post: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Post: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Post 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.