Best PlacesTitus County, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Titus County, 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.
Titus County ranks 2,217th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. Thin health care access pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low taxes.
The best neighborhoods in Titus County
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.
Titus County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Titus County ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 90% of counties
- Cheap childcare$558 a month, better than 82% of counties
- Low vacancyBetter than 80% of counties
- Short commute20.3 minutes each way, better than 77% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of counties
Where Titus County ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 3% of counties
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 3% of counties
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 4% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than only 8% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than only 22% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Titus County
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Titus County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,601, 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 Titus County's effective rate of 1.15%, 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 Titus County
Titus County 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 Titus County.
Who works in Titus County, and how
Work in Titus County centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Titus County
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Titus County.
Is Titus County growing, and who is moving in?
Titus County has lost about 3% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Fort Smith, AR.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Titus County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Titus County, month by month
Titus County sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 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 | 76° | 64° | 54° |
| July | 94° | 83° | 73° |
| October | 80° | 66° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Titus County
The nearest airport, East Texas Regional, is about 57 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 112 miles away.
The best schools in and around Titus County
Schools across Titus County average a C+, better than 62% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Chapel Hill ElB · 50% proficient
- Annie Sims ElB · 48% proficient
- E C Brice ElB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Chapel Hill J HB+ · 51% proficient
- Rivercrest J HB · 47% proficient
- Mt Vernon MiddleB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Mount Pleasant H SA− · 62% proficient
- Chapel Hill H SB+ · 57% proficient
- Rivercrest H SB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Titus County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Titus County 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 Titus County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Titus County suits
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Titus County
Is Titus County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Titus County ranks 2,217th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on low taxes, affordable childcare, and few empty homes, and lowest on thin health care access and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Titus County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $178,621. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $61,601 median income, cost of living beats 28% of counties.
Is Titus County safe?
Titus County is safer than 32% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $468 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Titus County?
July highs average about 94 degrees, and January highs near 58 with lows near 36. That works out to about 73 pleasant days a year, more than 26% of counties.
Is Titus County good for families?
Schools beat 62% of counties, crime safety beats 32%, and childcare runs $558 a month.
Compare Titus County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Titus County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Titus County 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.
Titus County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Titus County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Titus County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Titus County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Titus County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Titus County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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