Best PlacesValentine, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Valentine, 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.
Valentine ranks 40,880th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Valentine
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.
Valentine's strengths and weaknesses
Where Valentine ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 98% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Short commute18.7 minutes each way, better than 92% of towns
- QuietBetter than 90% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 139 pleasant days a year, better than 89% of towns
Where Valentine ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Valentine
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Valentine home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $54,407; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Valentine's effective rate of 0.67%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Valentine
Valentine runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Valentine.
Who works in Valentine, and how
Work in Valentine centers on construction and public administration. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 64%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 13%
Life in Valentine
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Valentine.
What the weather is like in Valentine, month by month
Valentine sees roughly 139 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 41° | 24° |
| April | 81° | 61° | 41° |
| July | 91° | 76° | 61° |
| October | 78° | 60° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Valentine
The nearest airport, Cavern City Air Terminal, is about 129 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 337 miles away.
The best schools in and around Valentine
Schools across Valentine average a C−, better than 28% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Presidio ElD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lucy Rede Franco MiddleB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Presidio H SC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Valentine school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Valentine 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 Valentine against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Valentine
Is Valentine a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Valentine ranks 40,880th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, low taxes, and short commutes, and lowest on distance from a big city and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Valentine expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $230,375. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $54,407 median income, cost of living beats 24% of towns.
Is Valentine safe?
Valentine is safer than 3% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $954 per resident a year.
Compare Valentine with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Valentine. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Valentine 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.
Valentine detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Valentine: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Valentine: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Valentine: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Valentine: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Valentine 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.