Best PlacesTornillo, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tornillo, 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.
Tornillo ranks 48,061st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Tornillo
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.
Tornillo's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tornillo ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 175 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 91% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 85% of towns
- Cheap childcare$564 a month, better than 84% of towns
Where Tornillo ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$40,401 median, better than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tornillo
A household needs to earn about $25,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tornillo home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $40,401, 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 Tornillo's effective rate of 1.59%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Tornillo
Tornillo 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 Tornillo.
Who works in Tornillo, and how
Work in Tornillo centers on health care & social and transportation & warehousing. 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 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Tornillo
Tornillo has more restaurants and bars per resident than 95% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Tornillo and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Tornillo, month by month
Tornillo sees roughly 175 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 100 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs March, April, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 47° | 32° |
| April | 84° | 69° | 52° |
| July | 100° | 87° | 73° |
| October | 84° | 69° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Tornillo
The nearest airport, El Paso International, is about 30 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 250 miles away.
The best schools in and around Tornillo
Schools across Tornillo average a D−, better than 3% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fabens ElD · 20% proficient
- Wm David Surratt ElD− · 15% proficient
- Johanna Odonnell IntD− · 12% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fort Hancock MiddleD · 22% proficient
- Clint J H SchoolF · 13% proficient
- Tornillo J HF · 12% proficient
Top high schools
- Clint Isd Early College AcademyA · 68% proficient
- Fort Hancock H SC+ · 40% proficient
- Tornillo H SD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tornillo school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tornillo 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 Tornillo against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tornillo
Is Tornillo a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tornillo ranks 48,061st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, low taxes, and cell coverage, and lowest on education levels and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tornillo expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $86,290. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $40,401 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Tornillo safe?
Tornillo is safer than 9% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $794 per resident a year.
Compare Tornillo with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tornillo. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tornillo 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.
Tornillo detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tornillo: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tornillo: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tornillo: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tornillo: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tornillo 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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