Best PlacesRadium, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Radium, 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.
Radium ranks 29,524th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Radium
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.
Radium's strengths and weaknesses
Where Radium ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 97% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
Where Radium ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 10% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Radium
A household needs to earn about $63,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Radium home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,786, 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 Radium's effective rate of 1.09%, 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 Radium
Radium runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Radium.
Who works in Radium, and how
Work in Radium centers on finance & insurance and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Radium
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Radium.
What the weather is like in Radium, month by month
Radium sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 44° | 33° |
| April | 80° | 65° | 53° |
| July | 98° | 85° | 73° |
| October | 81° | 67° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Radium
The nearest airport, Abilene Regional, is about 31 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 171 miles away.
The best schools in and around Radium
Schools across Radium average a C, better than 34% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Oliver ElC+ · 38% proficient
- Hamlin Collegiate ElC− · 27% proficient
- Anson ElD · 19% proficient
Top middle schools
- Stamford MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
- Anson MiddleC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Stamford H SB · 47% proficient
- Anson H SB · 47% proficient
- Hamlin Collegiate H SC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Radium school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Radium 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 Radium against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Radium
Is Radium a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Radium ranks 29,524th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, civic engagement, and clean air, and lowest on internet speeds and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Radium expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $230,195. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $70,786 median income, cost of living beats 67% of towns.
Is Radium safe?
Radium is safer than 7% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $706 per resident a year.
Compare Radium with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Radium. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Radium 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.
Radium detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Radium: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Radium: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Radium: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Radium: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Radium 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.