Best PlacesRed Lick, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Red Lick, 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.
Red Lick ranks 2,608th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Red Lick
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.
Red Lick's strengths and weaknesses
Where Red Lick ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of towns
- Short commute17.3 minutes each way, better than 94% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 94% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 93% of towns
Where Red Lick ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 18% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 22% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 25% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Red Lick
A household needs to earn about $84,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Red Lick home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $105,432, 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 Red Lick's effective rate of 1.25%, 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 Red Lick
Red Lick runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Red Lick.
Who works in Red Lick, and how
Work in Red Lick centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Red Lick
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Red Lick.
What the weather is like in Red Lick, month by month
Red Lick sees roughly 84 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 56, 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 | 56° | 46° | 37° |
| April | 77° | 65° | 55° |
| July | 95° | 84° | 75° |
| October | 79° | 67° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Red Lick
The nearest airport, Texarkana Regional-Webb Field, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 161 miles away.
The best schools in and around Red Lick
Schools across Red Lick average an A−, better than 84% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Red Lick ElA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Red Lick MiddleA− · 54% proficient
Top high schools
- Pleasant Grove H SA− · 65% proficient
- Texas H SB · 46% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Red Lick school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Red Lick 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 Red Lick against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Red Lick
Is Red Lick a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Red Lick ranks 2,608th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, short commutes, and a strong job market, 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 Red Lick expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $301,056. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $105,432 median income, cost of living beats 93% of towns.
Is Red Lick safe?
Yes, Red Lick is safer than 84% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $241 per resident a year.
Compare Red Lick with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Red Lick. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Red Lick 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.
Red Lick detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Red Lick: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Red Lick: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Red Lick: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Red Lick: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Red Lick 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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