Best PlacesPrice, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Price, 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.
Price ranks 30,673rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Price
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.
Price's strengths and weaknesses
Where Price ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 82% of towns
- Cheap childcare$574 a month, better than 81% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
Where Price ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 5% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 10% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 13% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Price
A household needs to earn about $33,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Price home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,636, 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 Price's effective rate of 1.07%, 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 2 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Price
Price runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Price.
Who works in Price, and how
Work in Price centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Price
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Price.
What the weather is like in Price, month by month
Price sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 48° | 39° |
| April | 79° | 66° | 56° |
| July | 95° | 83° | 74° |
| October | 82° | 68° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Price
The nearest airport, East Texas Regional, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 121 miles away.
The best schools in and around Price
Schools across Price average a B−, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Troup ElB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Troup MiddleA · 60% proficient
- West Rusk MiddleB+ · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Troup H SA− · 65% proficient
- West Rusk H SB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Price school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Price 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 Price against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Price
Is Price a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Price ranks 30,673rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, low taxes, and fast internet, and lowest on thin health care access and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Price expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $122,606. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $68,636 median income, cost of living beats 39% of towns.
Is Price safe?
Price is safer than 41% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $392 per resident a year.
Compare Price with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Price. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Price 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.
Price detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Price: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Price: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Price: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Price: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Price 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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