Best PlacesSayles Boulevard Area, Abilene, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sayles Boulevard Area, Abilene, 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.
Sayles Boulevard Area, Abilene ranks 4,528th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sayles Boulevard Area, Abilene
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.
Sayles Boulevard Area, Abilene's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sayles Boulevard Area, Abilene ranks high
- Cheap childcare$571 a month, better than 99% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Short commute18.7 minutes each way, better than 86% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 85% of neighborhoods
Where Sayles Boulevard Area, Abilene ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than only 15% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Sayles Boulevard Area, Abilene
A household needs to earn about $36,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sayles Boulevard Area, Abilene home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $53,666, 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 Sayles Boulevard Area, Abilene's effective rate of 1.37%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Sayles Boulevard Area, Abilene
Sayles Boulevard Area, Abilene 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 Sayles Boulevard Area, Abilene.
Who works in Sayles Boulevard Area, Abilene, and how
Work in Sayles Boulevard Area, Abilene centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Sayles Boulevard Area, Abilene
Sayles Boulevard Area, Abilene has more parkland per resident than 88% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Sayles Boulevard Area, Abilene and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Sayles Boulevard Area, Abilene, month by month
Sayles Boulevard Area, Abilene sees roughly 136 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 45° | 32° |
| April | 82° | 65° | 51° |
| July | 98° | 85° | 73° |
| October | 83° | 67° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Sayles Boulevard Area, Abilene
The nearest airport, Abilene Regional, is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 161 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sayles Boulevard Area, Abilene
Schools across Sayles Boulevard Area, Abilene average a C, better than 39% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Bowie ElC · 32% proficient
- Bonham ElC− · 27% proficient
- Martinez ElD+ · 24% proficient
Top middle schools
- Madison MiddleC− · 29% proficient
- Mann MiddleC− · 29% proficient
- Craig MiddleC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Abilene H SB− · 41% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sayles Boulevard Area, Abilene school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sayles Boulevard Area, Abilene 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 Sayles Boulevard Area, Abilene against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Sayles Boulevard Area, Abilene
Is Sayles Boulevard Area, Abilene a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sayles Boulevard Area, Abilene ranks 4,528th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on affordable childcare, state finances, and low taxes, and lowest on distance from a big city and transit. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sayles Boulevard Area, Abilene expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $129,265. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $53,666 median income, cost of living beats 35% of neighborhoods.
Is Sayles Boulevard Area, Abilene safe?
Sayles Boulevard Area, Abilene is safer than 17% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $852 per resident a year.
Compare Sayles Boulevard Area, Abilene with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sayles Boulevard Area, Abilene. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sayles Boulevard Area, Abilene 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.
Sayles Boulevard Area, Abilene detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sayles Boulevard Area, Abilene: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sayles Boulevard Area, Abilene: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sayles Boulevard Area, Abilene: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sayles Boulevard Area, Abilene: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sayles Boulevard Area, Abilene 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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