Best PlacesHawkins, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hawkins, 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.
Hawkins ranks 25,718th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hawkins
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.
Hawkins' strengths and weaknesses
Where Hawkins ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Cheap childcare$574 a month, better than 81% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 74% of towns
Where Hawkins ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 21% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 29% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 30% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hawkins
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hawkins home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,732, 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 Hawkins' effective rate of 1.17%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hawkins
Hawkins 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 Hawkins.
Who works in Hawkins, and how
Work in Hawkins centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Hawkins
Hawkins has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Hawkins and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hawkins, month by month
Hawkins sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 58, 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 | 58° | 46° | 38° |
| April | 76° | 64° | 55° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 78° | 66° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Hawkins
The nearest airport, Tyler Pounds Regional, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 96 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hawkins
Schools across Hawkins average a B, better than 66% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Harmony ElB · 48% proficient
- Hawkins ElB · 47% proficient
- Harmony IntB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- E J Moss IntA · 59% proficient
- Mineola MiddleA · 59% proficient
- Big Sandy J HB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Lindale H SA · 78% proficient
- Mineola H SB+ · 55% proficient
- Harmony H SB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hawkins school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hawkins 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 Hawkins against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hawkins
Is Hawkins a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hawkins ranks 25,718th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, low disaster risk, 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 Hawkins expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $203,301. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $64,732 median income, cost of living beats 42% of towns.
Is Hawkins safe?
Hawkins is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $362 per resident a year.
Compare Hawkins with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hawkins. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hawkins 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.
Hawkins detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hawkins: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hawkins: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hawkins: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hawkins: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hawkins 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.