Best PlacesRutersville, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rutersville, 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.
Rutersville ranks 8,661st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Rutersville
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.
Rutersville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rutersville ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 168 pleasant days a year, better than 96% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Household income$111,296 median, better than 90% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 88% of towns
Where Rutersville ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 15% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 29% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 33% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rutersville
A household needs to earn about $116,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rutersville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $111,296; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Rutersville's effective rate of 0.65%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Rutersville
Rutersville 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 Rutersville.
Who works in Rutersville, and how
Work in Rutersville centers on professional & technical and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Rutersville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Rutersville.
What the weather is like in Rutersville, month by month
Rutersville sees roughly 168 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 52° | 43° |
| April | 81° | 70° | 61° |
| July | 96° | 85° | 76° |
| October | 84° | 72° | 62° |
Flying in and out of Rutersville
The nearest airport, Easterwood Field, is about 51 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Austin-Bergstrom International, about 56 miles away.
The best schools in and around Rutersville
Schools across Rutersville average a B, better than 68% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- La Grange ElC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- La Grange MiddleA− · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- La Grange H SB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rutersville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rutersville 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 Rutersville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rutersville
Is Rutersville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rutersville ranks 8,661st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, what local pay buys, and low taxes, and lowest on summer heat and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rutersville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $451,558. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $111,296 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Rutersville safe?
Rutersville is safer than 35% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $415 per resident a year.
Compare Rutersville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rutersville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rutersville 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.
Rutersville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rutersville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rutersville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rutersville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rutersville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rutersville 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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