Best PlacesPecan Gap, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pecan Gap, 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.
Pecan Gap ranks 22,328th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Pecan Gap
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.
Pecan Gap's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pecan Gap ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
- Cheap childcare$583 a month, better than 80% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 76% of towns
- BikingBetter than 72% of towns
Where Pecan Gap ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 30% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 32% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 32% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pecan Gap
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pecan Gap home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $76,744, 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 Pecan Gap's effective rate of 0.99%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pecan Gap
Pecan Gap runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pecan Gap.
Who works in Pecan Gap, and how
Work in Pecan Gap centers on health care & social and other services. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Pecan Gap
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pecan Gap.
What the weather is like in Pecan Gap, month by month
Pecan Gap sees roughly 90 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 46° | 38° |
| April | 76° | 65° | 56° |
| July | 95° | 84° | 75° |
| October | 80° | 68° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Pecan Gap
Dallas Love Field sits about 71 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 8.2 million passengers in 2025, with 91 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Pecan Gap
Schools across Pecan Gap average a C+, better than 46% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Honey Grove ElB+ · 55% proficient
- Cooper ElD+ · 25% proficient
- Fannindel ElD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Honey Grove MiddleB− · 42% proficient
- Cooper J HC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Wolfe City H SB+ · 53% proficient
- Cooper H SB · 50% proficient
- Honey Grove H SB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pecan Gap school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pecan Gap 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 Pecan Gap against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pecan Gap
Is Pecan Gap a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pecan Gap ranks 22,328th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, state finances, and affordable childcare, and lowest on summer heat and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pecan Gap expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $170,834. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $76,744 median income, cost of living beats 60% of towns.
Is Pecan Gap safe?
Pecan Gap is safer than 54% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $355 per resident a year.
Compare Pecan Gap with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pecan Gap. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pecan Gap 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.
Pecan Gap detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pecan Gap: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pecan Gap: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pecan Gap: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pecan Gap: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pecan Gap 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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