Best PlacesSpurger, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Spurger, 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.
Spurger ranks 44,051st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Spurger
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.
Spurger's strengths and weaknesses
Where Spurger ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- QuietBetter than 93% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 88% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
Where Spurger ranks low
- Short commute46.6 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 8% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Spurger
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Spurger home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,882, 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 Spurger's effective rate of 0.85%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Spurger
Spurger'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 Spurger.
Who works in Spurger, and how
Work in Spurger centers on construction and wholesale trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Spurger
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Spurger.
What the weather is like in Spurger, month by month
Spurger sees roughly 90 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 50° | 41° |
| April | 79° | 67° | 57° |
| July | 92° | 82° | 72° |
| October | 82° | 69° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Spurger
The nearest airport, Jack Brooks Regional, is about 52 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is George Bush Intcntl/Houston, about 85 miles away.
The best schools in and around Spurger
Schools across Spurger average a C+, better than 43% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Warren ElB− · 40% proficient
- Kirbyville ElC+ · 37% proficient
- Woodville IntC− · 29% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kirbyville J HB · 45% proficient
- Warren J HC+ · 38% proficient
- Woodville MiddleC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Kirbyville H SB+ · 57% proficient
- Warren H SB+ · 53% proficient
- Woodville H SB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Spurger school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Spurger 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 Spurger against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Spurger
Is Spurger a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Spurger ranks 44,051st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, quiet, and low taxes, and lowest on long commutes and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Spurger expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $165,522. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $60,882 median income, cost of living beats 32% of towns.
Is Spurger safe?
Spurger is safer than 39% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $401 per resident a year.
Compare Spurger with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Spurger. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Spurger 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.
Spurger detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Spurger: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Spurger: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Spurger: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Spurger: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Spurger 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.