Best PlacesSherman Junction, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sherman Junction, 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.
Sherman Junction ranks 6,347th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sherman Junction
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.
Sherman Junction's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sherman Junction ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 161 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Household income$116,095 median, better than 92% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
Where Sherman Junction ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 16% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 22% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sherman Junction
A household needs to earn about $99,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sherman Junction home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $116,095, 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 Sherman Junction's effective rate of 1.29%, 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 Sherman Junction
Sherman Junction runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sherman Junction.
Who works in Sherman Junction, and how
Work in Sherman Junction centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Sherman Junction
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sherman Junction.
What the weather is like in Sherman Junction, month by month
Sherman Junction sees roughly 161 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 44° | 35° |
| April | 74° | 63° | 54° |
| July | 95° | 85° | 75° |
| October | 79° | 67° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Sherman Junction
Dallas-Fort Worth International sits about 65 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 41.3 million passengers in 2025, with 289 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Sherman Junction
Schools across Sherman Junction average a B−, better than 63% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pottsboro ElB · 48% proficient
- Hyde Park ElB · 48% proficient
- Mayes ElB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pottsboro MiddleB− · 40% proficient
- B Mcdaniel IntC+ · 38% proficient
- Piner MiddleC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Denison H SA− · 59% proficient
- Pottsboro H SB · 47% proficient
- Sherman H SB− · 41% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sherman Junction school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sherman Junction 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 Sherman Junction against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sherman Junction
Is Sherman Junction a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sherman Junction ranks 6,347th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, the weather, and low taxes, and lowest on air quality and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sherman Junction expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $354,022. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $116,095 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Sherman Junction safe?
Yes, Sherman Junction is safer than 60% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $316 per resident a year.
Compare Sherman Junction with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sherman Junction. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sherman Junction 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.
Sherman Junction detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sherman Junction: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sherman Junction: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sherman Junction: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sherman Junction: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sherman Junction 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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