Best PlacesDeWitt County, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in DeWitt 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.
DeWitt County ranks 2,375th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. Summer heat pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low taxes.
The best neighborhoods in DeWitt 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 DeWitt County
The parts of DeWitt 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.
Yoakum
Fewer homes sit empty, more households have young kids, and crime runs lower.
Cuero
Heat risk is lower, though it is noisier.
Yorktown
Prices have run up less, though commutes are longer.
Scores across DeWitt County run from about the 10th to the 48th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
DeWitt County's strengths and weaknesses
Where DeWitt County ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 90% of counties
- Nice weatherabout 135 pleasant days a year, better than 85% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than 80% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than 78% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of counties
Where DeWitt County ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of counties
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of counties
- Crime safetyBetter than only 8% of counties
- Internet speedBetter than only 10% of counties
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 10% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in DeWitt County
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median DeWitt County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,412, 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 DeWitt County's effective rate of 0.91%, 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 DeWitt County
DeWitt County'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 DeWitt County.
Who works in DeWitt County, and how
Work in DeWitt County centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in DeWitt County
DeWitt County has more parkland per resident than 88% of counties. That concentrates in some parts of DeWitt County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is DeWitt County growing, and who is moving in?
DeWitt County has lost about 1% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Deaf Smith County, TX.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving DeWitt County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in DeWitt County, month by month
DeWitt County sees roughly 135 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 70, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 70° | 55° | 43° |
| April | 84° | 71° | 59° |
| July | 96° | 84° | 75° |
| October | 88° | 72° | 60° |
Flying in and out of DeWitt County
The nearest airport, Victoria Regional, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 76 miles away.
The best schools in and around DeWitt County
Schools across DeWitt County average a C+, better than 45% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Meyersville ElB · 48% proficient
- Yoakum IntB · 47% proficient
- Westhoff ElB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Yoakum J HB− · 40% proficient
- Cuero J HB− · 39% proficient
- Yorktown J HD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Cuero H SB · 47% proficient
- Yoakum H SB− · 42% proficient
- Yorktown H SC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every DeWitt County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
DeWitt 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 DeWitt County against the other 3,143 counties.
Common questions about living in DeWitt County
Is DeWitt County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, DeWitt County ranks 2,375th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on low taxes, the weather, and clean air, and lowest on summer heat and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is DeWitt County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $189,838. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $66,412 median income, cost of living beats 54% of counties.
Is DeWitt County safe?
DeWitt County is safer than 8% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $712 per resident a year.
Compare DeWitt County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to DeWitt County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in DeWitt 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.
DeWitt County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for DeWitt County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in DeWitt County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of DeWitt County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in DeWitt County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
DeWitt 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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