Best PlacesValley View, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Valley View, 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.
Valley View ranks 16,114th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Valley View
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.
Valley View's strengths and weaknesses
Where Valley View ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 96% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 87% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 123 pleasant days a year, better than 82% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
Where Valley View ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 13% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 21% of towns
- Short commute32.3 minutes each way, better than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Valley View
A household needs to earn about $83,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Valley View home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,891, 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 Valley View's effective rate of 0.86%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Valley View
Valley View's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Valley View.
Who works in Valley View, and how
Work in Valley View centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Valley View
Valley View has more restaurants and bars per resident than 72% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Valley View and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Valley View, month by month
Valley View sees roughly 123 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 43° | 33° |
| April | 75° | 62° | 52° |
| July | 96° | 84° | 73° |
| October | 77° | 64° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Valley View
Dallas-Fort Worth International sits about 40 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 41.3 million passengers in 2025, with 289 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Valley View
Schools across Valley View average a C+, better than 46% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Butterfield ElB− · 43% proficient
- Callisburg ElB− · 42% proficient
- Pilot Point ElC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sanger Sixth Grade CampusB− · 43% proficient
- Sanger MiddleB− · 40% proficient
- Pilot Point Selz MiddleC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Whitesboro H SB+ · 53% proficient
- Sanger H SB · 50% proficient
- Pilot Point H SB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Valley View school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Valley View 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 Valley View against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Valley View
Is Valley View a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Valley View ranks 16,114th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, low taxes, and big-city access, and lowest on air quality and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Valley View expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $315,713. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $83,891 median income, cost of living beats 70% of towns.
Is Valley View safe?
Yes, Valley View is safer than 71% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $287 per resident a year.
Compare Valley View with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Valley View. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Valley View 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.
Valley View detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Valley View: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Valley View: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Valley View: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Valley View: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Valley View 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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