Best PlacesRandall County, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Randall County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Randall County ranks 516th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. Paychecks stretch further here than almost anywhere else: the median household brings in $90,745, everyday costs sit below the national average, and a strong job market ranks near the top of the country. The main drawbacks are air quality, property taxes, and tree cover.
The best neighborhoods in Randall County
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.
Randall County's strengths and weaknesses
Randall County ranks where it does because the parts of life that are hardest to change mostly work here. Cell coverage is the standout, in the top 1% of counties. What local pay buys and biking follow.
The drawbacks are real but narrow. Air quality, property taxes, and tree cover hold the score down. The measures below break that down, and the map shows how much of it holds street by street.
Where Randall County ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of counties
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of counties
- BikingBetter than 91% of counties
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 90% of counties
- Internet speedBetter than 88% of counties
Where Randall County ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than only 11% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than only 13% of counties
- QuietBetter than only 14% of counties
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 17% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Randall County
A household needs to earn about $72,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Randall County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $90,745, 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 Randall County's effective rate of 1.39%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Randall County
Randall County'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 Randall County.
Who works in Randall County, and how
Work in Randall County centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Randall County
Randall County has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties and more late-night spots per resident than 67% of counties. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Randall County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Randall County growing, and who is moving in?
Randall County has grown about 17% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Amarillo, TX metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Randall County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Randall County, month by month
Randall County sees roughly 127 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 37° | 23° |
| April | 76° | 57° | 41° |
| July | 96° | 81° | 66° |
| October | 78° | 59° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Randall County
The nearest airport, Rick Husband Amarillo International, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 267 miles away.
The best schools in and around Randall County
Schools across Randall County average a B, better than 79% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Reeves-hinger ElA · 65% proficient
- Hillside ElA · 63% proficient
- Crestview ElA · 62% proficient
Top middle schools
- Canyon J HA · 61% proficient
- Bonham MiddleA · 60% proficient
- Canyon IntA · 59% proficient
Top high schools
- Happy H SA+ · 83% proficient
- Bushland H SA · 78% proficient
- Canyon H SA · 70% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Randall County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Randall County 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 Randall County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Randall County suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 96% of counties, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 8% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Randall County
Is Randall County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Randall County ranks 516th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on cell coverage, what local pay buys, and biking, and lowest on air quality and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Randall County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $254,250. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $90,745 median income, cost of living beats 96% of counties.
Is Randall County safe?
Randall County is safer than 24% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $511 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Randall County?
July highs average about 96 degrees, and January highs near 55 with lows near 23. That works out to about 127 pleasant days a year, more than 80% of counties.
Is Randall County good for families?
Schools beat 79% of counties, crime safety beats 24%, and childcare runs $678 a month.
Is Randall County good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 96% of counties, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 88% of counties. About 8% of workers already work from home.
Compare Randall County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Randall County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Randall County 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.
Randall County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Randall County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Randall County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Randall County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Randall County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Randall County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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