Best PlacesNockenut, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Nockenut, 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.
Nockenut ranks 38,195th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Nockenut
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.
Nockenut's strengths and weaknesses
Where Nockenut ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 144 pleasant days a year, better than 91% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 79% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 75% of towns
Where Nockenut ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$39,570 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Nockenut
A household needs to earn about $63,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Nockenut home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $39,570, 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 Nockenut's effective rate of 0.96%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Nockenut
Nockenut runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Nockenut.
Who works in Nockenut, and how
Work in Nockenut centers on retail trade and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Nockenut
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Nockenut.
What the weather is like in Nockenut, month by month
Nockenut sees roughly 144 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 65, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 65° | 52° | 42° |
| April | 82° | 70° | 60° |
| July | 97° | 84° | 75° |
| October | 84° | 72° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Nockenut
San Antonio International sits about 35 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 Nockenut
Schools across Nockenut average a C+, better than 52% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Stockdale ElC+ · 38% proficient
- Nixon Smiley ElC · 35% proficient
- Koennecke ElC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Stockdale J HB+ · 49% proficient
- Nixon-smiley MiddleC · 34% proficient
- Jim Barnes MiddleD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Nixon-smiley H SB+ · 58% proficient
- Stockdale H SB− · 43% proficient
- Seguin H SC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Nockenut school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Nockenut 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 Nockenut against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Nockenut
Is Nockenut a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Nockenut ranks 38,195th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, the weather, and state finances, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Nockenut expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $235,369. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $39,570 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Nockenut safe?
Nockenut is safer than 47% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $366 per resident a year.
Compare Nockenut with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Nockenut. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Nockenut 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.
Nockenut detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Nockenut: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Nockenut: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Nockenut: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Nockenut: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Nockenut 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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