Best PlacesCedar Park, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cedar Park, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Cedar Park ranks 76th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Cedar Park
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.
Cedar Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cedar Park ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 99% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 94% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than 91% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of cities
Where Cedar Park ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 18% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 21% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than only 22% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 35% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 36% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Cedar Park
A household needs to earn about $150,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cedar Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $140,900; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Cedar Park's effective rate of 1.56%, 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 Cedar Park
Cedar Park runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cedar Park.
Who works in Cedar Park, and how
Work in Cedar Park centers on professional & technical and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 66%
- Work from home 31%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Cedar Park
Cedar Park has more restaurants and bars per resident than 84% of cities and more parkland per resident than 96% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Cedar Park and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cedar Park, month by month
Cedar Park sees roughly 161 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 50° | 42° |
| April | 80° | 68° | 59° |
| July | 96° | 84° | 75° |
| October | 82° | 70° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Cedar Park
Austin-Bergstrom International sits about 23 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 10.7 million passengers in 2025, with 127 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Cedar Park
Schools across Cedar Park average a B+, better than 76% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Patsy Sommer ElA+ · 77% proficient
- Spicewood ElA+ · 73% proficient
- Rutledge ElA− · 59% proficient
Top middle schools
- Florence W Stiles MiddleA+ · 77% proficient
- Canyon Vista MiddleA+ · 74% proficient
- James Garland Walsh MiddleA+ · 73% proficient
Top high schools
- Westwood H SA · 78% proficient
- Round Rock H SA · 74% proficient
- Vandegrift H SA · 73% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cedar Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cedar Park 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 Cedar Park against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Cedar Park suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 98% of cities and 31% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Cedar Park
Is Cedar Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cedar Park ranks 76th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on few empty homes, what local pay buys, and low disaster risk, and lowest on property taxes and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cedar Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $519,696. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $140,900 median income, cost of living beats 98% of cities.
Is Cedar Park safe?
Yes, Cedar Park is safer than 66% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $327 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Cedar Park?
July highs average about 96 degrees, and January highs near 62 with lows near 42. That works out to about 161 pleasant days a year, more than 86% of cities.
Is Cedar Park good for families?
Schools beat 76% of cities, crime safety beats 66%, and childcare runs $936 a month.
Compare Cedar Park with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cedar Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cedar Park 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.
Cedar Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cedar Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cedar Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cedar Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cedar Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cedar Park 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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