Best PlacesThorp Spring, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Thorp Spring, 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.
Thorp Spring ranks 15,825th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Thorp Spring
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.
Thorp Spring's strengths and weaknesses
Where Thorp Spring ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 139 pleasant days a year, better than 89% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 85% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 83% of towns
- QuietBetter than 81% of towns
Where Thorp Spring ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 15% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 27% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Thorp Spring
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Thorp Spring home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,019, 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 Thorp Spring's effective rate of 0.95%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Thorp Spring
Thorp Spring'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 Thorp Spring.
Who works in Thorp Spring, and how
Work in Thorp Spring centers on education and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Thorp Spring
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Thorp Spring.
What the weather is like in Thorp Spring, month by month
Thorp Spring sees roughly 139 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 45° | 35° |
| April | 79° | 66° | 55° |
| July | 98° | 86° | 76° |
| October | 82° | 68° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Thorp Spring
Dallas-Fort Worth International sits about 53 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 41.3 million passengers in 2025, with 289 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Thorp Spring
Schools across Thorp Spring average a B−, better than 63% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Oak Woods SchoolA · 62% proficient
- Lipan ElB · 45% proficient
- John And Lynn Brawner ElB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Acton MiddleA− · 54% proficient
- Hall MiddleB · 46% proficient
- Granbury MiddleB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Granbury H SB+ · 51% proficient
- Weatherford H SB · 47% proficient
- Lipan H SB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Thorp Spring school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Thorp Spring 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 Thorp Spring against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Thorp Spring
Is Thorp Spring a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Thorp Spring ranks 15,825th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, the weather, and a strong job market, and lowest on air quality and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Thorp Spring expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $272,629. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $79,019 median income, cost of living beats 58% of towns.
Is Thorp Spring safe?
Thorp Spring is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $383 per resident a year.
Compare Thorp Spring with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Thorp Spring. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Thorp Spring 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.
Thorp Spring detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Thorp Spring: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Thorp Spring: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Thorp Spring: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Thorp Spring: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Thorp Spring 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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