Best PlacesFort Clark Springs, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fort Clark Springs, 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.
Fort Clark Springs ranks 16,185th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Fort Clark Springs
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.
Fort Clark Springs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Fort Clark Springs ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 157 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of towns
- Short commute18.0 minutes each way, better than 93% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 91% of towns
Where Fort Clark Springs ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 9% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 17% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 18% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fort Clark Springs
A household needs to earn about $14,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fort Clark Springs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,878, 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 Fort Clark Springs' effective rate of 1.25%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Fort Clark Springs
Fort Clark Springs 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 Fort Clark Springs.
Who works in Fort Clark Springs, and how
Work in Fort Clark Springs centers on health care & social and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Fort Clark Springs
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Fort Clark Springs.
What the weather is like in Fort Clark Springs, month by month
Fort Clark Springs sees roughly 157 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 99 degrees. January highs sit near 67, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 67° | 52° | 40° |
| April | 87° | 72° | 61° |
| July | 99° | 87° | 76° |
| October | 85° | 72° | 62° |
Flying in and out of Fort Clark Springs
The nearest airport, Del Rio International, is about 31 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 119 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fort Clark Springs
Schools across Fort Clark Springs average a C+, better than 40% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Jones Elementary/intermediate SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Brackett J HC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Brackett H SC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fort Clark Springs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fort Clark Springs 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 Fort Clark Springs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fort Clark Springs
Is Fort Clark Springs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fort Clark Springs ranks 16,185th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, the weather, and short commutes, and lowest on summer heat 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 Fort Clark Springs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $49,100. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $71,878 median income, cost of living beats 71% of towns.
Is Fort Clark Springs safe?
Fort Clark Springs is safer than 26% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $466 per resident a year.
Compare Fort Clark Springs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fort Clark Springs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fort Clark Springs 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.
Fort Clark Springs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fort Clark Springs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fort Clark Springs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fort Clark Springs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fort Clark Springs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fort Clark Springs 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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