Best PlacesKnickerbocker, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Knickerbocker, 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.
Knickerbocker ranks 33,847th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Knickerbocker
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.
Knickerbocker's strengths and weaknesses
Where Knickerbocker ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 145 pleasant days a year, better than 91% of towns
- Cheap childcare$518 a month, better than 90% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 87% of towns
Where Knickerbocker ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 11% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Knickerbocker
A household needs to earn about $89,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Knickerbocker home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $71,522, 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 Knickerbocker's effective rate of 0.91%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Knickerbocker
Knickerbocker 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 Knickerbocker.
Who works in Knickerbocker, and how
Work in Knickerbocker centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Knickerbocker
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Knickerbocker.
What the weather is like in Knickerbocker, month by month
Knickerbocker sees roughly 145 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 100 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs March, April, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 46° | 32° |
| April | 85° | 68° | 52° |
| July | 100° | 85° | 72° |
| October | 85° | 68° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Knickerbocker
The nearest airport, San Angelo Regional/Mathis Field, is about 11 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 176 miles away.
The best schools in and around Knickerbocker
Schools across Knickerbocker average a B+, better than 77% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wall ElA · 64% proficient
- Christoval ElB · 48% proficient
- Irion ElB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wall MiddleA+ · 73% proficient
Top high schools
- Wall H SA+ · 86% proficient
- Irion H SB+ · 57% proficient
- Christoval H SB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Knickerbocker school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Knickerbocker 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 Knickerbocker against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Knickerbocker
Is Knickerbocker a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Knickerbocker ranks 33,847th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, low taxes, and the weather, and lowest on summer heat and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Knickerbocker expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $336,165. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $71,522 median income, cost of living beats 41% of towns.
Is Knickerbocker safe?
Knickerbocker is safer than 11% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $621 per resident a year.
Compare Knickerbocker with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Knickerbocker. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Knickerbocker 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.
Knickerbocker detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Knickerbocker: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Knickerbocker: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Knickerbocker: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Knickerbocker: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Knickerbocker 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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