Best PlacesPrairie Point, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Prairie Point, 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.
Prairie Point ranks 19,678th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Prairie Point
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.
Prairie Point's strengths and weaknesses
Where Prairie Point ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 96% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 145 pleasant days a year, better than 91% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 84% of towns
Where Prairie Point ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Short commute35.5 minutes each way, better than only 13% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 13% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 15% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Prairie Point
A household needs to earn about $69,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Prairie Point home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $91,480, 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 Prairie Point's effective rate of 0.72%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Prairie Point
Prairie Point's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Prairie Point.
Who works in Prairie Point, and how
Work in Prairie Point centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Prairie Point
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Prairie Point.
What the weather is like in Prairie Point, month by month
Prairie Point sees roughly 145 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 57, 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 | 57° | 46° | 37° |
| April | 76° | 64° | 55° |
| July | 97° | 85° | 75° |
| October | 79° | 67° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Prairie Point
Dallas-Fort Worth International sits about 49 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 41.3 million passengers in 2025, with 289 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Prairie Point
Schools across Prairie Point average a B, better than 67% of towns.
Top high schools
- Era SchoolA− · 52% proficient
- Forestburg SchoolB+ · 43% proficient
- Slidell SchoolsB− · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Prairie Point school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Prairie Point 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 Prairie Point against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Prairie Point
Is Prairie Point a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Prairie Point ranks 19,678th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, a strong job market, and low taxes, 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 Prairie Point expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $265,239. The overall cost of living runs about 10% above the national average. Set against a $91,480 median income, cost of living beats 51% of towns.
Is Prairie Point safe?
Prairie Point is safer than 23% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $509 per resident a year.
Compare Prairie Point with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Prairie Point. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Prairie Point 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.
Prairie Point detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Prairie Point: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Prairie Point: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Prairie Point: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Prairie Point: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Prairie Point 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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