Best PlacesHickory Creek, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hickory Creek, 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.
Hickory Creek ranks 2,524th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hickory Creek
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.
Hickory Creek's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hickory Creek ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$152,457 median, better than 97% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 93% of towns
Where Hickory Creek ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 23% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 26% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hickory Creek
A household needs to earn about $137,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hickory Creek home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $152,457, 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 Hickory Creek's effective rate of 1.46%, 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 Hickory Creek
Hickory Creek's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hickory Creek.
Who works in Hickory Creek, and how
Work in Hickory Creek centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Hickory Creek
Hickory Creek has more restaurants and bars per resident than 81% of towns and more parkland per resident than 97% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Hickory Creek and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hickory Creek, month by month
Hickory Creek sees roughly 119 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 44° | 33° |
| April | 77° | 64° | 53° |
| July | 97° | 86° | 75° |
| October | 81° | 67° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Hickory Creek
Dallas-Fort Worth International sits about 15 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 41.3 million passengers in 2025, with 289 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Hickory Creek
Schools across Hickory Creek average a B−, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Founders Classical Academy CorinthB · 47% proficient
- Lake Dallas ElC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lake Dallas MiddleB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Lake Dallas H SB · 49% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hickory Creek school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hickory Creek 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 Hickory Creek against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hickory Creek
Is Hickory Creek a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hickory Creek ranks 2,524th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, fast internet, and high incomes, and lowest on noise and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hickory Creek expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $480,541. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $152,457 median income, cost of living beats 99% of towns.
Is Hickory Creek safe?
Yes, Hickory Creek is safer than 58% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $325 per resident a year.
Compare Hickory Creek with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hickory Creek. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hickory Creek 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.
Hickory Creek detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hickory Creek: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hickory Creek: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hickory Creek: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hickory Creek: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hickory Creek 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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