Best PlacesSelfs, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Selfs, 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.
Selfs ranks 25,115th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Selfs
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.
Selfs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Selfs ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- QuietBetter than 85% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
- Cheap childcare$620 a month, better than 77% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 70% of towns
Where Selfs ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 14% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 15% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Selfs
A household needs to earn about $79,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Selfs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $70,985; 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 Selfs' effective rate of 0.60%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Selfs
Selfs runs younger than the country, 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 Selfs.
Who works in Selfs, and how
Work in Selfs centers on agriculture & forestry and construction. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Selfs
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Selfs.
What the weather is like in Selfs, month by month
Selfs sees roughly 98 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 43° | 34° |
| April | 75° | 63° | 53° |
| July | 95° | 83° | 73° |
| October | 79° | 66° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Selfs
Dallas Love Field sits about 80 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 Selfs
Schools across Selfs average a B, better than 69% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Honey Grove ElB+ · 55% proficient
- Chisum ElB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Chisum MiddleB · 47% proficient
- Honey Grove MiddleB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Chisum H SB+ · 57% proficient
- Honey Grove H SB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Selfs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Selfs 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 Selfs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Selfs
Is Selfs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Selfs ranks 25,115th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, quiet, and state finances, and lowest on a weak job market and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Selfs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $309,775. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $70,985 median income, cost of living beats 61% of towns.
Is Selfs safe?
Yes, Selfs is safer than 70% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $289 per resident a year.
Compare Selfs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Selfs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Selfs 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.
Selfs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Selfs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Selfs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Selfs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Selfs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Selfs 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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