Is Pantego a good place to live?
Pantego’s best subject grade is a B for walkability; its weakest is a C− for cost of living. 50% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Pantego, above both Texas’ towns (23%) and U.S. towns (29%). Pantego's schools rank behind 79% of the state's. Pantego's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 93% of U.S. towns. On history, just 73 of Texas’ 1,000 towns do worse. Pantego has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Pantego stand out
Where Pantego beats most towns.
Every workday, about 3,100 people come to Pantego for work
Where Pantego’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Pantego grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Pantego is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
AT&T Stadium and 77 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Pantego. Close and well known come first.
Big draw4 mi Stadium & arenaAT&T Stadium
Big draw5 mi Stadium & arenaGlobe Life Field
6 mi Theme parkSix Flags Over Texas
5 mi Stadium & arenaChoctaw Stadium
Big draw23 mi Stadium & arenaCotton Bowl
Big draw17 mi Stadium & arenaTexas StadiumPhoto credits
AT&T Stadium: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Globe Life Field: Drone To Fly, CC BY 3.0 · Six Flags Over Texas: Chris Hagerman from New Port Richey, FL, US, CC BY 2.0 · Choctaw Stadium: KENGRIFFEY24FAN, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cotton Bowl: Robbiewest88, Public domain · Texas Stadium: Allspamme, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Moving to Pantego: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Pantego, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Pantego.
A job hub: Pantego has 2.7 jobs for every working resident and draws in 3,100 commuters
Most working residents leave Pantego for work: only 2% work in town. At 30 minutes, Pantego’s average trip to work is against 25 minutes in Texas’ towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. 15% of Pantego residents live below the poverty line.
| Pantego | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.6% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 12% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Crime per resident in Pantego is higher than in 84% of U.S. towns
The property crime rate in Pantego is 24.2 per 1,000 residents.
| Pantego | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 24.2 per 1,000 residents | 10.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.6 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
On CDC estimates, Pantego is less healthy than 74% of U.S. towns
Pantego beats the Texas average on 13 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 12. 14% of adults binge drink in Pantego.
| Pantego | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 35% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Pantego | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.9% | 16.4% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.4% | 19.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.5% | 5.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Pantego, expect mild winters and hot summers
Pantego has mild winters and hot summers. Pantego’s July high is 96°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Homes in Pantego are worth about $347K, by Zillow’s estimate
The typical Pantego home is worth about $347,000, down 2% in a year, 17% above the Texas typical home.
| Pantego | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 62% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,440 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Inland flooding leads a moderate hazard risk in Pantego
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 55% of U.S. communities. Since 1981, 14 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Pantego.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bicentennial Park | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Pantego
Colleges nearby
11 within 15 miles of the center of Pantego
About 4 of every 100 Pantego residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
About Pantego
Town in Texas, United States
Pantego is a town in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. Its population was 2,568 at the 2020 census. It is entirely surrounded by the cities of Arlington and Dalworthington Gardens. It is in the middle of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, a metropolitan area spanning several counties.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Established
- 1952
- Area
- 1.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 571 ft
- Area code
- 806
Pantego’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Pantego.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pantego | — | — | C− | C− | C− | C |
| Dalworthington Gardens | — | — | D− | A− | C− | A− |
Pantego and Dalworthington Gardens have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Compare Pantego with a neighbor →
Questions about Pantego
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Pantego, TX expensive?
Yes. That is 3.8 years of the area's median household income ($90,275 across the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.