Best PlacesCoryell County, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Coryell County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages are not the whole story, and the strongest areas score well above them. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Coryell County ranks 1,123rd of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Coryell County
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.
The best areas in Coryell County
The parts of Coryell County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Copperas Cove
More households have young kids, fewer homes sit empty, and crime runs lower.
Fort Hood
Commutes are shorter and advertised internet is faster.
Gatesville
It is quieter, though health outcomes score lower.
Scores across Coryell County run from about the 8th to the 89th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Coryell County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Coryell County ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 93% of counties
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 90% of counties
- Disaster safetyBetter than 85% of counties
- Health outlookBetter than 83% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of counties
Where Coryell County ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 6% of counties
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 6% of counties
- Local economyBetter than only 20% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than only 21% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than only 22% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Coryell County
A household needs to earn about $54,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Coryell County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,303, 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 Coryell County's effective rate of 1.06%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Coryell County
Coryell County runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Coryell County.
Who works in Coryell County, and how
Work in Coryell County centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Coryell County
Coryell County has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties and less late-night activity than most counties. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Coryell County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Coryell County growing, and who is moving in?
Coryell County has grown about 13% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Killeen, TX metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Coryell County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Coryell County, month by month
Coryell County sees roughly 114 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 49° | 39° |
| April | 79° | 67° | 57° |
| July | 96° | 85° | 74° |
| October | 82° | 69° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Coryell County
The nearest airport, Robert Gray AAF, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Austin-Bergstrom International, about 73 miles away.
The best schools in and around Coryell County
Schools across Coryell County average a C+, better than 55% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Crawford ElA− · 58% proficient
- House Creek ElB · 50% proficient
- Clarke ElB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Clifton MiddleB+ · 52% proficient
- Lampasas MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
- Gatesville J HB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Killeen Isd Early College H SA · 74% proficient
- Crawford H SA− · 65% proficient
- Clifton H SB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Coryell County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Coryell County 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 Coryell County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Coryell County suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 10% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Coryell County
Is Coryell County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Coryell County ranks 1,123rd of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on cell coverage, low taxes, and low disaster risk, and lowest on civic engagement and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Coryell County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $199,153. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $73,303 median income, cost of living beats 68% of counties.
Is Coryell County safe?
Coryell County is safer than 33% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $498 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Coryell County?
July highs average about 96 degrees, and January highs near 61 with lows near 39. That works out to about 114 pleasant days a year, more than 70% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Coryell County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Copperas Cove, Fort Hood, and Gatesville. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Coryell County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Coryell County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Coryell County 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.
Coryell County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Coryell County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Coryell County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Coryell County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Coryell County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Coryell County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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