Best PlacesPecan Plantation, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pecan Plantation, 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 Plantation ranks 5,170th 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 Pecan Plantation
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 Plantation's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pecan Plantation ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 93% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- QuietBetter than 92% of towns
Where Pecan Plantation ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Short commute43.6 minutes each way, better than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 13% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 21% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 35% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pecan Plantation
A household needs to earn about $108,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pecan Plantation home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $108,515, 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 Plantation's effective rate of 0.92%, 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 Plantation
Pecan Plantation 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 Pecan Plantation.
Who works in Pecan Plantation, and how
Work in Pecan Plantation centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Pecan Plantation
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pecan Plantation.
What the weather is like in Pecan Plantation, month by month
Pecan Plantation sees roughly 142 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 45° | 35° |
| April | 79° | 66° | 55° |
| July | 98° | 86° | 76° |
| October | 82° | 68° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Pecan Plantation
Dallas-Fort Worth International sits about 52 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 Pecan Plantation
Schools across Pecan Plantation average a B+, better than 74% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mambrino SchoolB · 49% proficient
- Marti ElC− · 29% proficient
Top middle schools
- Acton MiddleA− · 54% proficient
- Granbury MiddleB− · 41% proficient
- Ad Wheat MiddleC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Granbury H SB+ · 51% proficient
- Cleburne H SB · 46% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pecan Plantation school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pecan Plantation 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 Plantation against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pecan Plantation
Is Pecan Plantation a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pecan Plantation ranks 5,170th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, health care access, and an educated workforce, and lowest on summer heat and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pecan Plantation expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $406,958. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $108,515 median income, cost of living beats 91% of towns.
Is Pecan Plantation safe?
Yes, Pecan Plantation is safer than 64% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $304 per resident a year.
Compare Pecan Plantation with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pecan Plantation. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pecan Plantation 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 Plantation detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pecan Plantation: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pecan Plantation: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pecan Plantation: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pecan Plantation: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pecan Plantation 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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