Best PlacesHye, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hye, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Hye ranks 20,547th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hye
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.
Hye's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hye ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 96% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 160 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 83% of towns
Where Hye ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Short commute36.4 minutes each way, better than only 11% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hye
A household needs to earn about $126,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hye home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $92,510, 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 Hye's effective rate of 0.89%, 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 Hye
Hye 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 Hye.
Who works in Hye, and how
Work in Hye centers on education and public administration. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 63%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Hye
Hye has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Hye and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hye, month by month
Hye sees roughly 160 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 63, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs March, April, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63° | 49° | 39° |
| April | 82° | 68° | 58° |
| July | 97° | 85° | 74° |
| October | 84° | 70° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Hye
Austin-Bergstrom International sits about 50 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 10.7 million passengers in 2025, with 127 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Hye
Schools across Hye average a B+, better than 73% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Blanco ElB · 45% proficient
- Lyndon B Johnson ElB− · 42% proficient
- Fredericksburg ElB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fredericksburg MiddleB+ · 52% proficient
- Lyndon B Johnson MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
- Blanco MiddleB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Lyndon B Johnson H SA− · 62% proficient
- Fredericksburg H SB+ · 51% proficient
- Blanco H SB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hye school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hye 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 Hye against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hye
Is Hye a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hye ranks 20,547th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, the weather, and an educated workforce, and lowest on summer heat and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hye expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $474,774. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $92,510 median income, cost of living beats 61% of towns.
Is Hye safe?
Hye is safer than 24% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $484 per resident a year.
Compare Hye with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hye. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hye 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.
Hye detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hye: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hye: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hye: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hye: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hye 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.