Best PlacesZorn, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Zorn, 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.
Zorn ranks 25,766th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Zorn
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.
Zorn's strengths and weaknesses
Where Zorn ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 145 pleasant days a year, better than 91% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 79% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 76% of towns
Where Zorn ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 14% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 14% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 18% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Zorn
A household needs to earn about $91,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Zorn home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $60,447, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Zorn's effective rate of 0.80%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Zorn
Zorn'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 Zorn.
Who works in Zorn, and how
Work in Zorn centers on health care & social and retail trade. 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 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Zorn
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Zorn.
What the weather is like in Zorn, month by month
Zorn sees roughly 145 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 52° | 41° |
| April | 84° | 70° | 59° |
| July | 98° | 85° | 74° |
| October | 86° | 72° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Zorn
San Antonio International sits about 35 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.3 million passengers in 2025, with 87 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Zorn
Schools across Zorn average a C+, better than 52% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Navarro ElB · 45% proficient
- Bowie ElD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Navarro IntB · 46% proficient
- Goodnight MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Navarro H SB+ · 55% proficient
- San Marcos H SC · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Zorn school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Zorn 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 Zorn against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Zorn
Is Zorn a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Zorn ranks 25,766th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, the weather, and state finances, and lowest on summer heat and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Zorn expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $347,343. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $60,447 median income, cost of living beats 31% of towns.
Is Zorn safe?
Zorn is safer than 37% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $404 per resident a year.
Compare Zorn with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Zorn. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Zorn 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.
Zorn detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Zorn: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Zorn: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Zorn: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Zorn: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Zorn 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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