Best PlacesTalty, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Talty, 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.
Talty ranks 1,404th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Talty
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.
Talty's strengths and weaknesses
Where Talty ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$158,194 median, better than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 95% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of towns
Where Talty ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 9% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
- Short commute36.7 minutes each way, better than only 10% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 13% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Talty
A household needs to earn about $137,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Talty home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $158,194, 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 Talty'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 Talty
Talty'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 Talty.
Who works in Talty, and how
Work in Talty centers on professional & technical and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 0%
Life in Talty
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Talty.
What the weather is like in Talty, month by month
Talty sees roughly 128 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 58, 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 | 58° | 46° | 36° |
| April | 77° | 65° | 55° |
| July | 96° | 84° | 75° |
| October | 81° | 68° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Talty
Dallas Love Field sits about 28 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 8.2 million passengers in 2025, with 91 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Talty
Schools across Talty average a B+, better than 79% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Henderson ElB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Warren MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
- Norman J HC+ · 38% proficient
- Herman Furlough Jr MiddleC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Forney H SA− · 60% proficient
- Kaufman H SB · 48% proficient
- Terrell H SC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Talty school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Talty 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 Talty against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Talty
Is Talty a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Talty ranks 1,404th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and population health, and lowest on tree cover and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Talty expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $486,206. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $158,194 median income, cost of living beats 99% of towns.
Is Talty safe?
Yes, Talty is safer than 82% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $243 per resident a year.
Compare Talty with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Talty. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Talty 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.
Talty detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Talty: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Talty: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Talty: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Talty: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Talty 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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