Best PlacesHill Country Village, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hill Country Village, 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.
Hill Country Village ranks 1,199th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hill Country Village
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.
Hill Country Village's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hill Country Village ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$150,714 median, better than 97% of towns
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 153 pleasant days a year, better than 93% of towns
Where Hill Country Village ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 9% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 24% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hill Country Village
A household needs to earn about $207,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hill Country Village home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $150,714, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Hill Country Village's effective rate of 1.56%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Hill Country Village
Hill Country Village runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hill Country Village.
Who works in Hill Country Village, and how
Work in Hill Country Village centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Hill Country Village
Hill Country Village has more restaurants and bars per resident than 96% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Hill Country Village and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hill Country Village, month by month
Hill Country Village sees roughly 153 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 67, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 67° | 53° | 40° |
| April | 84° | 70° | 58° |
| July | 98° | 85° | 76° |
| October | 86° | 72° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Hill Country Village
San Antonio International sits about 4 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.3 million passengers in 2025, with 87 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Hill Country Village
Schools across Hill Country Village average a B+, better than 77% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hidden Forest ElA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bradley MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Churchill H SB+ · 51% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hill Country Village school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hill Country Village 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 Hill Country Village against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hill Country Village
Is Hill Country Village a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hill Country Village ranks 1,199th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, an educated workforce, and high incomes, 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 Hill Country Village expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $717,192. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $150,714 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Hill Country Village safe?
Yes, Hill Country Village is safer than 56% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $312 per resident a year.
Compare Hill Country Village with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hill Country Village. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hill Country Village 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.
Hill Country Village detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hill Country Village: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hill Country Village: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hill Country Village: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hill Country Village: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hill Country Village 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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