Best PlacesStranger, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Stranger, 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.
Stranger ranks 32,044th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Stranger
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.
Stranger's strengths and weaknesses
Where Stranger ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 86% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 79% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 77% of towns
Where Stranger ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 6% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 9% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
Who lives in Stranger
Stranger 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 Stranger.
Who works in Stranger, and how
Work in Stranger centers on education and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 17%
Life in Stranger
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Stranger.
What the weather is like in Stranger, month by month
Stranger sees roughly 92 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 48° | 40° |
| April | 78° | 66° | 57° |
| July | 96° | 84° | 74° |
| October | 82° | 69° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Stranger
The nearest airport, Waco Regional, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Austin-Bergstrom International, about 96 miles away.
The best schools in and around Stranger
Schools across Stranger average a D+, better than 18% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- H O Whitehurst ElC · 33% proficient
- Marlin ElD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- Groesbeck MiddleC · 33% proficient
- Marlin MiddleD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Groesbeck H SC+ · 35% proficient
- Marlin HighF · 8% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Stranger school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Stranger 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 Stranger against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Stranger
Is Stranger a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Stranger ranks 32,044th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, a strong job market, and state finances, and lowest on biking and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Stranger safe?
Stranger is safer than 17% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $544 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Stranger?
July highs average about 96 degrees, and January highs near 60 with lows near 40. That works out to about 92 pleasant days a year, more than 61% of towns.
Compare Stranger with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Stranger. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Stranger 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.
Stranger detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Stranger: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Stranger: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Stranger: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Stranger: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Stranger 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.
- 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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