Best PlacesTerrell, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Terrell, 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.
Terrell ranks 1,630th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. Education levels pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low taxes.
The best neighborhoods in Terrell
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.
Terrell's strengths and weaknesses
Where Terrell ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 88% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 127 pleasant days a year, better than 73% of cities
- Cheap childcare$863 a month, better than 72% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 67% of cities
Where Terrell ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 7% of cities
- BikingBetter than only 9% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 12% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 13% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Terrell
A household needs to earn about $70,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Terrell home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,449, 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 Terrell's effective rate of 1.40%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Terrell
Terrell runs younger than the country, 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 Terrell.
Who works in Terrell, and how
Work in Terrell centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Terrell
Terrell has more restaurants and bars per resident than 83% of cities and more parkland per resident than 86% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Terrell and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Terrell, month by month
Terrell sees roughly 127 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 Terrell
Dallas Love Field sits about 34 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 Terrell
Schools across Terrell average a C−, better than 23% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Global Leadership AcademyA · 63% proficient
- Henderson ElB+ · 53% proficient
- Anita Scott ElB− · 41% proficient
Top middle schools
- Warren MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
- Wills Point J HB · 44% proficient
- Ouida Baley MiddleB− · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Forney H SA− · 60% proficient
- Royse City H SB · 48% proficient
- Kaufman H SB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Terrell school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Terrell 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 Terrell against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Terrell suits
Common questions about living in Terrell
Is Terrell a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Terrell ranks 1,630th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on low taxes, state finances, and the weather, and lowest on education levels and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Terrell expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $248,395. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $78,449 median income, cost of living beats 34% of cities.
Is Terrell safe?
Terrell is safer than 35% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $439 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Terrell?
July highs average about 96 degrees, and January highs near 58 with lows near 36. That works out to about 127 pleasant days a year, more than 73% of cities.
Is Terrell good for families?
Schools beat 23% of cities, crime safety beats 35%, and childcare runs $863 a month.
Compare Terrell with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Terrell. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Terrell 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.
Terrell detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Terrell: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Terrell: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Terrell: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Terrell: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Terrell 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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