Best PlacesHideaway, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hideaway, 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.
Hideaway ranks 5,207th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hideaway
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.
Hideaway's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hideaway ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 92% of towns
Where Hideaway ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
- Short commute34.9 minutes each way, better than only 14% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 33% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 34% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hideaway
A household needs to earn about $91,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hideaway home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $106,153, 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 Hideaway's effective rate of 0.96%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hideaway
Hideaway 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 Hideaway.
Who works in Hideaway, and how
Work in Hideaway centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Hideaway
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hideaway.
What the weather is like in Hideaway, month by month
Hideaway sees roughly 105 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 48° | 39° |
| April | 78° | 66° | 57° |
| July | 95° | 84° | 76° |
| October | 81° | 69° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Hideaway
The nearest airport, Tyler Pounds Regional, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 85 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hideaway
Schools across Hideaway average a B+, better than 82% of towns.
Top middle schools
- E J Moss IntA · 59% proficient
Top high schools
- Lindale H SA · 78% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hideaway school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hideaway 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 Hideaway against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hideaway
Is Hideaway a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hideaway ranks 5,207th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, health care access, and low disaster risk, and lowest on summer heat and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hideaway expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $340,983. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $106,153 median income, cost of living beats 92% of towns.
Is Hideaway safe?
Yes, Hideaway is safer than 85% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $236 per resident a year.
Compare Hideaway with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hideaway. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hideaway 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.
Hideaway detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hideaway: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hideaway: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hideaway: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hideaway: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hideaway 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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