Best PlacesSkellytown, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Skellytown, 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.
Skellytown ranks 38,613th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Skellytown
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.
Skellytown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Skellytown ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 84% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 126 pleasant days a year, better than 83% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
Where Skellytown ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Skellytown
A household needs to earn about $13,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Skellytown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $56,239, 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 Skellytown's effective rate of 1.38%, 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 2 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Skellytown
Skellytown runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Skellytown.
Who works in Skellytown, and how
Work in Skellytown centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Skellytown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Skellytown.
What the weather is like in Skellytown, month by month
Skellytown sees roughly 126 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 37° | 26° |
| April | 75° | 58° | 45° |
| July | 96° | 81° | 69° |
| October | 76° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Skellytown
The nearest airport, Rick Husband Amarillo International, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 300 miles away.
The best schools in and around Skellytown
Schools across Skellytown average a B−, better than 63% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Travis ElB− · 40% proficient
- West Texas ElC+ · 38% proficient
- White Deer ElC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Borger IntB− · 39% proficient
- Pampa J HC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- White Deer H SB+ · 52% proficient
- Borger H SB · 46% proficient
- Pampa H SB · 46% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Skellytown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Skellytown 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 Skellytown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Skellytown
Is Skellytown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Skellytown ranks 38,613th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, low taxes, and civic engagement, and lowest on tree cover and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Skellytown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $45,306. The overall cost of living runs about 30% below the national average. Set against a $56,239 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Skellytown safe?
Skellytown is safer than 14% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $576 per resident a year.
Compare Skellytown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Skellytown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Skellytown 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.
Skellytown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Skellytown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Skellytown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Skellytown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Skellytown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Skellytown 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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