Best PlacesLake Kiowa, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lake Kiowa, 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.
Lake Kiowa ranks 6,215th 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 Lake Kiowa
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.
Lake Kiowa's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lake Kiowa ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 96% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 93% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Household income$104,990 median, better than 88% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 86% of towns
Where Lake Kiowa ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 11% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 19% of towns
- Short commute33.1 minutes each way, better than only 20% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lake Kiowa
A household needs to earn about $112,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lake Kiowa home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $104,990; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Lake Kiowa's effective rate of 1.01%, 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 Lake Kiowa
Lake Kiowa runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lake Kiowa.
Who works in Lake Kiowa, and how
Work in Lake Kiowa centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Lake Kiowa
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lake Kiowa.
What the weather is like in Lake Kiowa, month by month
Lake Kiowa sees roughly 124 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 43° | 33° |
| April | 75° | 62° | 52° |
| July | 96° | 84° | 73° |
| October | 77° | 64° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Lake Kiowa
Dallas-Fort Worth International sits about 46 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 41.3 million passengers in 2025, with 289 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Lake Kiowa
Schools across Lake Kiowa average a B−, better than 60% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Callisburg ElB− · 42% proficient
- Valley View ElC− · 30% proficient
- Collinsville ElD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Callisburg MiddleB− · 42% proficient
- Valley View MiddleD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Callisburg H SB+ · 58% proficient
- Whitesboro H SB+ · 53% proficient
- Collinsville H SB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lake Kiowa school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lake Kiowa 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 Lake Kiowa against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lake Kiowa
Is Lake Kiowa a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lake Kiowa ranks 6,215th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, what local pay buys, and low taxes, and lowest on summer heat and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lake Kiowa expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $417,239. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $104,990 median income, cost of living beats 93% of towns.
Is Lake Kiowa safe?
Yes, Lake Kiowa is safer than 73% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $281 per resident a year.
Compare Lake Kiowa with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lake Kiowa. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lake Kiowa 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.
Lake Kiowa detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lake Kiowa: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lake Kiowa: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lake Kiowa: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lake Kiowa: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lake Kiowa 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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