Best PlacesCooper, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cooper, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Cooper ranks 29,211th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Cooper
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.
Cooper's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cooper ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 93% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Cheap childcare$561 a month, better than 85% of towns
- BikingBetter than 84% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
Where Cooper ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 14% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 16% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 22% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cooper
A household needs to earn about $36,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cooper home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $59,238, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Cooper's effective rate of 1.37%, 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.
Who lives in Cooper
Cooper's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cooper.
Who works in Cooper, and how
Work in Cooper centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Cooper
Cooper has more restaurants and bars per resident than 88% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Cooper and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cooper, month by month
Cooper sees roughly 89 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 46° | 38° |
| April | 76° | 65° | 56° |
| July | 95° | 84° | 75° |
| October | 80° | 68° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Cooper
The nearest airport, Tyler Pounds Regional, is about 72 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 76 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cooper
Schools across Cooper average a C+, better than 44% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cooper ElD+ · 25% proficient
- Albert C Williams ElD+ · 25% proficient
- Fannindel ElD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cooper J HC · 33% proficient
- Commerce MiddleC− · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Wolfe City H SB+ · 53% proficient
- Cooper H SB · 50% proficient
- Commerce H SC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cooper school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cooper 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 Cooper against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cooper
Is Cooper a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cooper ranks 29,211th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, low taxes, and affordable childcare, and lowest on summer heat and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cooper expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $129,232. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $59,238 median income, cost of living beats 31% of towns.
Is Cooper safe?
Cooper is safer than 36% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $446 per resident a year.
Compare Cooper with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cooper. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cooper 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.
Cooper detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cooper: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cooper: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cooper: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cooper: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cooper 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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