Best PlacesHext, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hext, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Hext ranks 33,287th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Hext
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.
Hext's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hext ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 159 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Cheap childcare$518 a month, better than 90% of towns
Where Hext ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hext
A household needs to earn about $81,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hext home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $99,381, 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 Hext's effective rate of 1.08%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Hext
Hext runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hext.
Who works in Hext, and how
Work in Hext centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 51%
- Work from home 36%
- Transit, walk, or bike 13%
Life in Hext
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hext.
What the weather is like in Hext, month by month
Hext sees roughly 159 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 46° | 36° |
| April | 79° | 65° | 55° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 72° |
| October | 80° | 67° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Hext
The nearest airport, San Angelo Regional/Mathis Field, is about 66 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 112 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hext
Schools across Hext average a B, better than 65% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mason ElB+ · 55% proficient
- Menard Elementary/jhC+ · 37% proficient
- Brady ElC− · 29% proficient
Top middle schools
- Brady MiddleB+ · 52% proficient
- Mason J HB+ · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- Mason H SA− · 67% proficient
- Brady H SB+ · 55% proficient
- Menard H SC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hext school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hext 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 Hext against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hext
Is Hext a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hext ranks 33,287th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, the weather, and low taxes, and lowest on a weak job market and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hext expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $298,179. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $99,381 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Hext safe?
Hext is safer than 2% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $962 per resident a year.
Compare Hext with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hext. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hext 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.
Hext detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hext: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hext: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hext: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hext: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hext 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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