Best PlacesPecan Hill, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pecan Hill, 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.
Pecan Hill ranks 2,773rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Pecan Hill
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 Hill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pecan Hill ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of towns
- Household income$125,164 median, better than 94% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
Where Pecan Hill ranks low
- Short commute36.5 minutes each way, better than only 10% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 12% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 22% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pecan Hill
A household needs to earn about $95,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pecan Hill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $125,164, 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 Hill's effective rate of 1.04%, 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 Pecan Hill
Pecan Hill's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pecan Hill.
Who works in Pecan Hill, and how
Work in Pecan Hill centers on health care & social and finance & insurance. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Pecan Hill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pecan Hill.
What the weather is like in Pecan Hill, month by month
Pecan Hill sees roughly 93 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 46° | 36° |
| April | 76° | 65° | 55° |
| July | 96° | 84° | 74° |
| October | 81° | 67° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Pecan Hill
Dallas Love Field sits about 25 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 Hill
Schools across Pecan Hill average a B−, better than 63% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Shackelford ElB+ · 51% proficient
- Wooden ElC+ · 39% proficient
Top middle schools
- Howard J HB · 44% proficient
- Red Oak MiddleC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Waxahachie Global H SA · 72% proficient
- Red Oak H SB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pecan Hill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pecan Hill 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 Hill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pecan Hill
Is Pecan Hill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pecan Hill ranks 2,773rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, what local pay buys, and high incomes, and lowest on long commutes 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 Hill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $353,166. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $125,164 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is Pecan Hill safe?
Yes, Pecan Hill is safer than 76% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $272 per resident a year.
Compare Pecan Hill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pecan Hill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pecan Hill 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 Hill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pecan Hill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pecan Hill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pecan Hill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pecan Hill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pecan Hill 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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