Best PlacesHiram, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hiram, 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.
Hiram ranks 23,813th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hiram
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.
Hiram's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hiram ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 86% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 85% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 127 pleasant days a year, better than 84% of towns
Where Hiram ranks low
- Short commute37.9 minutes each way, better than only 8% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 9% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 13% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hiram
A household needs to earn about $71,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hiram home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $81,061, 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 Hiram's effective rate of 0.86%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hiram
Hiram'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 Hiram.
Who works in Hiram, and how
Work in Hiram centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Hiram
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hiram.
What the weather is like in Hiram, month by month
Hiram sees roughly 127 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 58, 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 | 58° | 46° | 36° |
| April | 77° | 65° | 55° |
| July | 96° | 84° | 75° |
| October | 81° | 68° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Hiram
The nearest airport, Tyler Pounds Regional, is about 46 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 46 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hiram
Schools across Hiram average a C+, better than 44% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Earnest O Woods IntC− · 29% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wills Point J HB · 44% proficient
- Norman J HC+ · 38% proficient
- Herman Furlough Jr MiddleC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Kaufman H SB · 48% proficient
- Wills Point H SC+ · 38% proficient
- Terrell H SC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hiram school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hiram 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 Hiram against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hiram
Is Hiram a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hiram ranks 23,813th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, low taxes, and big-city access, and lowest on long commutes and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hiram expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $269,055. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $81,061 median income, cost of living beats 52% of towns.
Is Hiram safe?
Hiram is safer than 34% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $417 per resident a year.
Compare Hiram with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hiram. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hiram 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.
Hiram detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hiram: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hiram: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hiram: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hiram: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hiram 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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