Best PlacesTulip, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tulip, 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.
Tulip ranks 32,027th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Tulip
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.
Tulip's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tulip ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 155 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 80% of towns
Where Tulip ranks low
- Short commute48.5 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 5% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 10% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tulip
A household needs to earn about $67,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tulip home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,813, 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 Tulip's effective rate of 0.61%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Tulip
Tulip's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Tulip.
Who works in Tulip, and how
Work in Tulip centers on public administration and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Tulip
Tulip has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Tulip and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Tulip, month by month
Tulip sees roughly 155 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 34. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 43° | 34° |
| April | 75° | 63° | 53° |
| July | 97° | 84° | 73° |
| October | 81° | 66° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Tulip
Dallas Love Field sits about 79 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 Tulip
Schools across Tulip average a C+, better than 48% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sam Rayburn ElB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Rayburn H SC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tulip school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tulip 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 Tulip against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tulip
Is Tulip a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tulip ranks 32,027th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, the weather, and low taxes, and lowest on long commutes and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tulip expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $261,900. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $77,813 median income, cost of living beats 64% of towns.
Is Tulip safe?
Tulip is safer than 52% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $343 per resident a year.
Compare Tulip with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tulip. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tulip 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.
Tulip detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tulip: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tulip: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tulip: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tulip: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tulip 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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