Best PlacesStrawn, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Strawn, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Strawn ranks 37,154th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Strawn
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.
Strawn's strengths and weaknesses
Where Strawn ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 91% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 82% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 119 pleasant days a year, better than 79% of towns
Where Strawn ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 15% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Strawn
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Strawn home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,484, 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 Strawn's effective rate of 0.91%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Strawn
Strawn's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Strawn.
Who works in Strawn, and how
Work in Strawn centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Strawn
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Strawn.
What the weather is like in Strawn, month by month
Strawn sees roughly 119 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 99 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 46° | 36° |
| April | 81° | 66° | 55° |
| July | 99° | 86° | 76° |
| October | 83° | 69° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Strawn
The nearest airport, Abilene Regional, is about 70 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 87 miles away.
The best schools in and around Strawn
Schools across Strawn average a C, better than 34% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Palo Pinto ElA− · 58% proficient
- Mineral Wells ElC · 33% proficient
- South ElC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Breckenridge J HB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Breckenridge H SC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Strawn school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Strawn 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 Strawn against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Strawn
Is Strawn a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Strawn ranks 37,154th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, walkability, and cell coverage, and lowest on summer heat and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Strawn expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $173,563. The overall cost of living runs about 5% above the national average. Set against a $60,484 median income, cost of living beats 10% of towns.
Is Strawn safe?
Strawn is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $440 per resident a year.
Compare Strawn with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Strawn. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Strawn 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.
Strawn detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Strawn: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Strawn: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Strawn: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Strawn: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Strawn 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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