Best PlacesFort Mc Kavett, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fort Mc Kavett, 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.
Fort Mc Kavett ranks 31,675th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Fort Mc Kavett
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 Mc Kavett's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fort Mc Kavett ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 153 pleasant days a year, better than 93% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Household income$116,917 median, better than 92% of towns
Where Fort Mc Kavett ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Short commute39.5 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fort Mc Kavett
A household needs to earn about $76,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fort Mc Kavett home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $116,917, 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 Mc Kavett's effective rate of 1.14%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Fort Mc Kavett
Fort Mc Kavett 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 Mc Kavett.
Who works in Fort Mc Kavett, and how
Work in Fort Mc Kavett centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 64%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Fort Mc Kavett
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Fort Mc Kavett.
What the weather is like in Fort Mc Kavett, month by month
Fort Mc Kavett sees roughly 153 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 65, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March, April, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 65° | 47° | 33° |
| April | 85° | 68° | 53° |
| July | 98° | 85° | 72° |
| October | 85° | 68° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Fort Mc Kavett
The nearest airport, San Angelo Regional/Mathis Field, is about 43 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 135 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fort Mc Kavett
Schools across Fort Mc Kavett average a B−, better than 60% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mason ElB+ · 55% proficient
- Sonora ElB · 45% proficient
- Menard Elementary/jhC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Eldorado MiddleB · 47% proficient
- Junction MiddleC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Sonora Secondary SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
- Eldorado H SB+ · 57% proficient
- Menard H SC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fort Mc Kavett school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fort Mc Kavett 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 Mc Kavett against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fort Mc Kavett
Is Fort Mc Kavett a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fort Mc Kavett ranks 31,675th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, a stable housing market, and the weather, and lowest on crime and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fort Mc Kavett expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $276,536. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $116,917 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Fort Mc Kavett safe?
Fort Mc Kavett is safer than 3% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $955 per resident a year.
Compare Fort Mc Kavett with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fort Mc Kavett. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fort Mc Kavett 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 Mc Kavett detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fort Mc Kavett: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fort Mc Kavett: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fort Mc Kavett: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fort Mc Kavett: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fort Mc Kavett 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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