Best Places76667, TX Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 76667, 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.

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76667 ranks 25,178th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.

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The best neighborhoods in 76667

Map of the best neighborhoods in the 76667 area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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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.

76667's strengths and weaknesses

Top 10%Low taxes
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare 76667 with other zip codes.

Where 76667 ranks high

  • Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 91% of zip codes
  • Cheap childcare$619 a month, better than 84% of zip codes
  • State fiscal healthBetter than 82% of zip codes
  • Disaster safetyBetter than 79% of zip codes
  • WalkabilityBetter than 73% of zip codes

Where 76667 ranks low

  • Healthcare accessBetter than only 9% of zip codes
  • Heat safetyBetter than only 10% of zip codes
  • Health outlookBetter than only 15% of zip codes
  • Voter turnoutBetter than only 16% of zip codes
  • Household income$55,639 median, better than only 18% of zip codes

What it costs to buy a home in 76667

A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 76667 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $55,639, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.

Income to buy the median home
$42,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$969
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $150,144 home
Median rent
$1,001
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$766
Property tax$153
Homeowners insurance$50

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 76667's effective rate of 1.22%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.

Cumulative cost of renting versus owning the median home, first 10 years. Illustrative estimate.

Who lives in 76667

76667's age mix sits close to the national median.

Median age
41
about the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
20%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.5
near the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1823%
18 to 3420%
35 to 4918%
50 to 6419%
65 and older20%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 76667.


Who works in 76667, and how

Work in 76667 centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.

Work from home
6%
below the national average
Unemployment
3.1%
below the national average
Job growth
−1.1%
/y 2019-2023, slower than the national pace

Largest industries

Health care & social17%
Manufacturing11%
Education11%
Retail trade9%
Other services8%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 89%
  • Work from home 6%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 5%

Life in 76667

76667 has more restaurants and bars per resident than 77% of zip codes. That concentrates in some parts of 76667 and thins out in others, which the map shows.

Places to eat and drink
66
restaurants, bars, and fast food, about 61.8 per 10,000 residents, more than 77% of zip codes
Coffee shops
6
about 5.6 per 10,000 residents, more than 70% of zip codes

What the weather is like in 76667, month by month

76667 sees roughly 92 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January60°48°40°
April78°66°57°
July96°84°74°
October82°69°59°

Flying in and out of 76667

The nearest airport, Waco Regional, is about 44 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 84 miles away.

Nearest airport
ACT
Waco Regional, about 44 miles
Airport size
Nonhub
270th-busiest in the US, 4 nonstop destinations
Average drive
63 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around 76667

Schools across 76667 average a C−, better than 24% of zip codes.

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Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 76667 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


76667 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 76667 against the other 33,109 zip codes.


Common questions about living in 76667

Is 76667 a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 76667 ranks 25,178th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on low taxes, affordable childcare, and state finances, and lowest on thin health care access and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is 76667 expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $150,144. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $55,639 median income, cost of living beats 24% of zip codes.

Is 76667 safe?

76667 is safer than 31% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $464 per resident a year.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 76667. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 76667 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.

76667 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for 76667: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in 76667: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of 76667: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in 76667: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

76667 detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. 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.
  2. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  3. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  4. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  5. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  6. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  7. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  8. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  9. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  10. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  11. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  12. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.