Best PlacesCherry Spring, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cherry Spring, 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.
Cherry Spring ranks 2,624th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cherry Spring
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.
Cherry Spring's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cherry Spring ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 163 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of towns
- Household income$127,903 median, better than 95% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 93% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
Where Cherry Spring ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 9% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 19% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cherry Spring
A household needs to earn about $163,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cherry Spring home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $127,903, 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 Cherry Spring's effective rate of 0.83%, 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 Cherry Spring
Cherry Spring runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cherry Spring.
Who works in Cherry Spring, and how
Work in Cherry Spring centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Cherry Spring
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cherry Spring.
What the weather is like in Cherry Spring, month by month
Cherry Spring sees roughly 163 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 47° | 37° |
| April | 79° | 66° | 55° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 72° |
| October | 80° | 67° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Cherry Spring
San Antonio International sits about 70 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 Cherry Spring
Schools across Cherry Spring average a B, better than 69% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mason ElB+ · 55% proficient
- Llano ElB · 47% proficient
- Fredericksburg ElB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fredericksburg MiddleB+ · 52% proficient
- Mason J HB+ · 52% proficient
- Harper MiddleB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Mason H SA− · 67% proficient
- Llano H SB+ · 53% proficient
- Fredericksburg H SB+ · 51% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cherry Spring school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cherry Spring 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 Cherry Spring against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cherry Spring
Is Cherry Spring a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cherry Spring ranks 2,624th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, the weather, and high incomes, and lowest on biking and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cherry Spring expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $619,999. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $127,903 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Cherry Spring safe?
Cherry Spring is safer than 45% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $374 per resident a year.
Compare Cherry Spring with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cherry Spring. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cherry Spring 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.
Cherry Spring detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cherry Spring: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cherry Spring: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cherry Spring: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cherry Spring: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cherry Spring 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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