Best PlacesTarpley, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tarpley, 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.
Tarpley ranks 35,181st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Tarpley
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.
Tarpley's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tarpley ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 156 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- QuietBetter than 86% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 84% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
Where Tarpley ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 5% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 8% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 14% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tarpley
A household needs to earn about $81,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tarpley home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $59,546, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Tarpley's effective rate of 1.09%, 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 Tarpley
Tarpley 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 Tarpley.
Who works in Tarpley, and how
Work in Tarpley centers on wholesale trade and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Tarpley
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Tarpley.
What the weather is like in Tarpley, month by month
Tarpley sees roughly 156 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 67, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 67° | 52° | 40° |
| April | 85° | 71° | 59° |
| July | 98° | 85° | 74° |
| October | 86° | 72° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Tarpley
San Antonio International sits about 46 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.3 million passengers in 2025, with 87 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Tarpley
Schools across Tarpley average a C+, better than 48% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Alkek ElC · 34% proficient
- Newell E Woolls IntC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bandera MiddleC+ · 37% proficient
- Mcdowell MiddleC+ · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Hondo H SB · 47% proficient
- Bandera H SC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tarpley school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tarpley 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 Tarpley against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tarpley
Is Tarpley a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tarpley ranks 35,181st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, low taxes, and quiet, and lowest on summer heat and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tarpley expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $298,250. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $59,546 median income, cost of living beats 24% of towns.
Is Tarpley safe?
Tarpley is safer than 35% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $477 per resident a year.
Compare Tarpley with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tarpley. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tarpley 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.
Tarpley detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tarpley: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tarpley: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tarpley: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tarpley: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tarpley 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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