Best PlacesPurley, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Purley, 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.
Purley ranks 24,849th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Purley
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.
Purley's strengths and weaknesses
Where Purley ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Cheap childcare$558 a month, better than 86% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 80% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 73% of towns
Where Purley ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 19% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 22% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 24% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Purley
A household needs to earn about $69,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Purley home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,248, 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 Purley's effective rate of 0.89%, 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 Purley
Purley 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 Purley.
Who works in Purley, and how
Work in Purley centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Purley
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Purley.
What the weather is like in Purley, month by month
Purley 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 Purley
The nearest airport, Tyler Pounds Regional, is about 59 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 98 miles away.
The best schools in and around Purley
Schools across Purley average a B, better than 63% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mt Vernon ElB− · 44% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mt Vernon MiddleB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Mt Vernon H SB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Purley school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Purley 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 Purley against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Purley
Is Purley a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Purley ranks 24,849th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, affordable childcare, and state finances, and lowest on air quality and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Purley expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $259,238. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $83,248 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is Purley safe?
Purley is safer than 22% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $502 per resident a year.
Compare Purley with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Purley. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Purley 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.
Purley detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Purley: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Purley: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Purley: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Purley: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Purley 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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