Best PlacesSpraberry, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Spraberry, 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.
Spraberry ranks 2,159th 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 Spraberry
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.
Spraberry's strengths and weaknesses
Where Spraberry ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$141,481 median, better than 96% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 96% of towns
Where Spraberry ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 9% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 10% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 10% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Spraberry
A household needs to earn about $88,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Spraberry home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $141,481, 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 Spraberry's effective rate of 1.19%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Spraberry
Spraberry's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Spraberry.
Who works in Spraberry, and how
Work in Spraberry centers on construction and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Spraberry
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Spraberry.
What the weather is like in Spraberry, month by month
Spraberry sees roughly 166 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs March, April, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 45° | 34° |
| April | 83° | 67° | 54° |
| July | 98° | 85° | 74° |
| October | 82° | 67° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Spraberry
The nearest airport, Midland International Air And Space Port, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 266 miles away.
The best schools in and around Spraberry
Schools across Spraberry average a B, better than 70% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Garden City ElA− · 58% proficient
- Greenwood IntC · 35% proficient
- Ralph Bunche ElD− · 14% proficient
Top middle schools
- James R Brooks MiddleB+ · 49% proficient
- Nimitz MiddleC · 34% proficient
- Goddard J HC− · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Early College H S At Midland CollegeA · 77% proficient
- Garden City H SA− · 67% proficient
- Greenwood H SB+ · 54% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Spraberry school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Spraberry 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 Spraberry against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Spraberry
Is Spraberry a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Spraberry ranks 2,159th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, cell coverage, and what local pay buys, and lowest on tree cover 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 Spraberry expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $318,548. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $141,481 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Spraberry safe?
Spraberry is safer than 44% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $383 per resident a year.
Compare Spraberry with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Spraberry. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Spraberry 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.
Spraberry detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Spraberry: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Spraberry: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Spraberry: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Spraberry: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Spraberry 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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