Best PlacesSneedville, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sneedville, 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.
Sneedville ranks 34,235th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sneedville
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.
Sneedville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sneedville ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 97% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Short commute15.7 minutes each way, better than 97% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 132 pleasant days a year, better than 86% of towns
Where Sneedville ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sneedville
A household needs to earn about $24,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sneedville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,983, 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 Sneedville's effective rate of 1.22%, 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 Sneedville
Sneedville 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 Sneedville.
Who works in Sneedville, and how
Work in Sneedville centers on agriculture & forestry and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 69%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Sneedville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sneedville.
What the weather is like in Sneedville, month by month
Sneedville sees roughly 132 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 41° | 30° |
| April | 79° | 62° | 49° |
| July | 98° | 85° | 73° |
| October | 79° | 64° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Sneedville
The nearest airport, Lubbock Preston Smith International, is about 92 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 196 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sneedville
Schools across Sneedville average a B−, better than 58% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Childress ElB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Childress H SB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sneedville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sneedville 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 Sneedville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sneedville
Is Sneedville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sneedville ranks 34,235th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, quiet, and short commutes, and lowest on biking and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sneedville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $86,610. The overall cost of living runs about 28% below the national average. Set against a $58,983 median income, cost of living beats 60% of towns.
Is Sneedville safe?
Sneedville is safer than 5% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $829 per resident a year.
Compare Sneedville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sneedville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sneedville 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.
Sneedville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sneedville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sneedville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sneedville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sneedville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sneedville 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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