Best PlacesTurnertown, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Turnertown, 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.
Turnertown ranks 29,333rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Turnertown
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.
Turnertown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Turnertown ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 86% of towns
- Cheap childcare$574 a month, better than 81% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
Where Turnertown ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 5% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 7% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 14% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 21% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Turnertown
A household needs to earn about $30,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Turnertown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,833, 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 Turnertown's effective rate of 1.10%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Turnertown
Turnertown 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 Turnertown.
Who works in Turnertown, and how
Work in Turnertown centers on education and other services. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Turnertown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Turnertown.
What the weather is like in Turnertown, month by month
Turnertown sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 48° | 39° |
| April | 79° | 66° | 56° |
| July | 95° | 83° | 74° |
| October | 82° | 68° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Turnertown
The nearest airport, East Texas Regional, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 120 miles away.
The best schools in and around Turnertown
Schools across Turnertown average a B−, better than 55% of towns.
Top middle schools
- West Rusk MiddleB+ · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- West Rusk H SB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Turnertown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Turnertown 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 Turnertown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Turnertown
Is Turnertown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Turnertown ranks 29,333rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, low taxes, and tree cover, 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 Turnertown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $111,500. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $60,833 median income, cost of living beats 25% of towns.
Is Turnertown safe?
Turnertown is safer than 47% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $364 per resident a year.
Compare Turnertown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Turnertown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Turnertown 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.
Turnertown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Turnertown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Turnertown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Turnertown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Turnertown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Turnertown 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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