Best PlacesShady Shores, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Shady Shores, 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.
Shady Shores ranks 757th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Shady Shores
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.
Shady Shores' strengths and weaknesses
Where Shady Shores ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$177,277 median, better than 99% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 96% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 96% of towns
Where Shady Shores ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 12% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 24% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 26% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Shady Shores
A household needs to earn about $148,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Shady Shores home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $177,277, 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 Shady Shores' effective rate of 1.42%, 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 Shady Shores
Shady Shores'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 Shady Shores.
Who works in Shady Shores, and how
Work in Shady Shores centers on retail trade and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Shady Shores
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Shady Shores.
What the weather is like in Shady Shores, month by month
Shady Shores sees roughly 119 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 44° | 33° |
| April | 77° | 64° | 53° |
| July | 97° | 86° | 75° |
| October | 81° | 67° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Shady Shores
Dallas-Fort Worth International sits about 18 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 Shady Shores
Schools across Shady Shores average a C+, better than 52% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Stephens ElC+ · 37% proficient
- Pecan Creek ElC · 32% proficient
- Shady Shores ElC− · 29% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lake Dallas MiddleB− · 40% proficient
- Bettye Myers MiddleC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Lake Dallas H SB · 49% proficient
- Ryan H SB− · 41% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Shady Shores school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Shady Shores 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 Shady Shores against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Shady Shores
Is Shady Shores a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Shady Shores ranks 757th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and fast internet, and lowest on property taxes and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Shady Shores expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $522,422. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $177,277 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Shady Shores safe?
Yes, Shady Shores is safer than 82% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $243 per resident a year.
Compare Shady Shores with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Shady Shores. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Shady Shores 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.
Shady Shores detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Shady Shores: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Shady Shores: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Shady Shores: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Shady Shores: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Shady Shores 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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