Best PlacesTexline, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Texline, 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.
Texline ranks 20,885th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Texline
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.
Texline's strengths and weaknesses
Where Texline ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 97% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 138 pleasant days a year, better than 88% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 88% of towns
Where Texline ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 9% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 10% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Texline
A household needs to earn about $36,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Texline home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,468, 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 Texline's effective rate of 0.82%, 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 Texline
Texline runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65, 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 Texline.
Who works in Texline, and how
Work in Texline centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Texline
Texline has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Texline and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Texline, month by month
Texline sees roughly 138 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 35° | 21° |
| April | 72° | 53° | 36° |
| July | 92° | 76° | 61° |
| October | 74° | 55° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Texline
The nearest airport, Rick Husband Amarillo International, is about 105 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 223 miles away.
The best schools in and around Texline
Schools across Texline average a B, better than 71% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dalhart IntC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dalhart J HB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Dalhart H SB+ · 52% proficient
- Clayton HighD− · 16% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Texline school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Texline 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 Texline against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Texline
Is Texline a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Texline ranks 20,885th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, low taxes, and heat safety, and lowest on tree cover and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Texline expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $136,824. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $77,468 median income, cost of living beats 71% of towns.
Is Texline safe?
Texline is safer than 18% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $538 per resident a year.
Compare Texline with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Texline. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Texline 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.
Texline detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Texline: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Texline: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Texline: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Texline: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Texline 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.