Best Places76680, TX Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 76680, 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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76680 ranks 20,712th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.

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The best neighborhoods in 76680

Map of the best neighborhoods in the 76680 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.

76680'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 76680 with other zip codes.

Where 76680 ranks high

  • Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 91% of zip codes
  • Local economyBetter than 89% of zip codes
  • Cheap childcare$619 a month, better than 84% of zip codes
  • State fiscal healthBetter than 82% of zip codes
  • Housing crash safetyBetter than 81% of zip codes

Where 76680 ranks low

  • Internet speedBetter than only 4% of zip codes
  • BikingBetter than only 6% of zip codes
  • Heat safetyBetter than only 11% of zip codes
  • Tree shadeBetter than only 12% of zip codes
  • Healthcare accessBetter than only 12% of zip codes

Who lives in 76680

76680 runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.

Median age
58
older than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
32%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.2
below the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1812%
18 to 3419%
35 to 4920%
50 to 6417%
65 and older32%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 76680.


Who works in 76680, and how

Work in 76680 centers on education and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.

Work from home
14%
about the national average
Unemployment
0.0%
below the national average
Job growth
−6.3%
/y 2019-2023, slower than the national pace

Largest industries

Education21%
Agriculture & forestry20%
Health care & social14%
Manufacturing14%
Transportation & warehousing11%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 70%
  • Work from home 14%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 17%

Life in 76680

The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across 76680.


What the weather is like in 76680, month by month

76680 sees roughly 130 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 62, 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
January62°50°40°
April80°68°58°
July97°85°75°
October84°70°59°

Flying in and out of 76680

The nearest airport, Waco Regional, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Austin-Bergstrom International, about 87 miles away.

Nearest airport
ACT
Waco Regional, about 38 miles
Airport size
Nonhub
270th-busiest in the US, 4 nonstop destinations
Average drive
55 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around 76680

Schools across 76680 average a D+, better than 17% of zip codes.

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Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 76680 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


76680 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 76680 against the other 33,109 zip codes.


Common questions about living in 76680

Is 76680 a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 76680 ranks 20,712th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on low taxes, a strong job market, and affordable childcare, and lowest on internet speeds and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is 76680 safe?

76680 is safer than 20% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $544 per resident a year.

What is the weather like in 76680?

July highs average about 97 degrees, and January highs near 62 with lows near 40. That works out to about 130 pleasant days a year, more than 81% of zip codes.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 76680. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 76680 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.

76680 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for 76680: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in 76680: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of 76680: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in 76680: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

76680 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. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  5. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  6. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  7. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  8. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  9. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  10. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  11. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.