Best PlacesSpearman, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Spearman, 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.
Spearman ranks 14,636th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Spearman
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.
Spearman's strengths and weaknesses
Where Spearman ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 97% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- BikingBetter than 90% of towns
Where Spearman ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 5% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 9% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Spearman
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Spearman home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $75,787, 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 Spearman's effective rate of 1.39%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Spearman
Spearman runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Spearman.
Who works in Spearman, and how
Work in Spearman centers on education and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Spearman
Spearman has more restaurants and bars per resident than 86% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Spearman and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Spearman, month by month
Spearman sees roughly 135 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 54, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54° | 37° | 25° |
| April | 75° | 58° | 44° |
| July | 95° | 80° | 67° |
| October | 77° | 60° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Spearman
The nearest airport, Liberal Mid-America Regional, is about 60 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 314 miles away.
The best schools in and around Spearman
Schools across Spearman average an A−, better than 88% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Gruver ElB+ · 55% proficient
- Gus Birdwell ElB · 48% proficient
- West Texas ElC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Spearman J HA+ · 70% proficient
- Gruver J HA · 67% proficient
Top high schools
- Gruver H SA+ · 82% proficient
- Spearman H SA · 68% proficient
- West Texas Secondary SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Spearman school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Spearman 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 Spearman against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Spearman
Is Spearman a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Spearman ranks 14,636th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, cell coverage, and clean air, and lowest on distance from a big city and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Spearman expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $134,502. The overall cost of living runs about 27% below the national average. Set against a $75,787 median income, cost of living beats 81% of towns.
Is Spearman safe?
Spearman is safer than 13% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $639 per resident a year.
Compare Spearman with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Spearman. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Spearman 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.
Spearman detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Spearman: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Spearman: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Spearman: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Spearman: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Spearman 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.