Best PlacesCoke, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Coke, 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.
Coke ranks 36,323rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Coke
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.
Coke's strengths and weaknesses
Where Coke ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- Cheap childcare$573 a month, better than 81% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
- QuietBetter than 80% of towns
Where Coke ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 10% of towns
- Household income$47,704 median, better than only 10% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Coke
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Coke home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $47,704; 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 Coke's effective rate of 0.82%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Coke
Coke runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Coke.
Who works in Coke, and how
Work in Coke centers on transportation & warehousing and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 20%
Life in Coke
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Coke.
What the weather is like in Coke, month by month
Coke sees roughly 92 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 58, 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 | 58° | 46° | 37° |
| April | 76° | 65° | 55° |
| July | 93° | 83° | 74° |
| October | 79° | 66° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Coke
The nearest airport, Tyler Pounds Regional, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 82 miles away.
The best schools in and around Coke
Schools across Coke average a B−, better than 59% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Quitman ElC+ · 36% proficient
- Yantis ElC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Quitman J HB · 44% proficient
- Winnsboro J HB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Winnsboro H SA− · 62% proficient
- Quitman H SB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Coke school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Coke 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 Coke against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Coke
Is Coke a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Coke ranks 36,323rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, low disaster risk, and affordable childcare, and lowest on summer heat and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Coke expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $194,788. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $47,704 median income, cost of living beats 10% of towns.
Is Coke safe?
Coke is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $366 per resident a year.
Compare Coke with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Coke. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Coke 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.
Coke detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Coke: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Coke: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Coke: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Coke: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Coke 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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