Best PlacesSachse, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sachse, 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.
Sachse ranks 367th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sachse
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.
Sachse's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sachse ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 97% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 92% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 91% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 88% of cities
Where Sachse ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 13% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 17% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 25% of cities
- Short commute29.9 minutes each way, better than only 25% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Sachse
A household needs to earn about $121,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sachse home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $131,699, 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 Sachse's effective rate of 1.60%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Sachse
Sachse's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Sachse.
Who works in Sachse, and how
Work in Sachse centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Sachse
Sachse has more parkland per resident than 80% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Sachse and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Sachse, month by month
Sachse sees roughly 106 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 46° | 38° |
| April | 76° | 65° | 56° |
| July | 95° | 84° | 75° |
| October | 80° | 68° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Sachse
Dallas Love Field sits about 18 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 8.2 million passengers in 2025, with 91 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Sachse
Schools across Sachse average a B, better than 68% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Don Whitt ElA+ · 75% proficient
- Cheri Cox ElA · 66% proficient
- Miller ElB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Murphy MiddleA · 67% proficient
- Dr Al Draper IntermedA · 61% proficient
- B G Hudson MiddleB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Plano East Sr H SA+ · 81% proficient
- Wylie H SA · 71% proficient
- Sachse H SB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sachse school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sachse 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 Sachse against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Sachse suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 92% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 25% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Sachse
Is Sachse a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sachse ranks 367th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on a strong job market, what local pay buys, and fast internet, and lowest on tree cover and transit. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sachse expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $417,642. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $131,699 median income, cost of living beats 92% of cities.
Is Sachse safe?
Yes, Sachse is safer than 63% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $327 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Sachse?
July highs average about 95 degrees, and January highs near 58 with lows near 38. That works out to about 106 pleasant days a year, more than 63% of cities.
Is Sachse good for families?
Schools beat 68% of cities, crime safety beats 63%, and childcare runs $876 a month.
Compare Sachse with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sachse. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sachse 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.
Sachse detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sachse: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sachse: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sachse: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sachse: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sachse 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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