Best PlacesSimms, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Simms, 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.
Simms ranks 33,556th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Simms
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.
Simms' strengths and weaknesses
Where Simms ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 90% of towns
- Cheap childcare$558 a month, better than 86% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
Where Simms ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 6% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 21% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Simms
A household needs to earn about $34,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Simms home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $81,424, 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 Simms' effective rate of 1.06%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Simms
Simms 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 Simms.
Who works in Simms, and how
Work in Simms centers on public administration and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Simms
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Simms.
What the weather is like in Simms, month by month
Simms sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 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° | 64° | 54° |
| July | 94° | 83° | 73° |
| October | 80° | 66° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Simms
The nearest airport, Texarkana Regional-Webb Field, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 139 miles away.
The best schools in and around Simms
Schools across Simms average a B, better than 64% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pewitt ElC+ · 38% proficient
- James Bowie ElC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- James Bowie MiddleB · 43% proficient
- Pewitt J HD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- James Bowie H SB+ · 57% proficient
- Pewitt H SC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Simms school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Simms 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 Simms against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Simms
Is Simms a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Simms ranks 33,556th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, low taxes, and civic engagement, and lowest on air quality and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Simms expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $123,872. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $81,424 median income, cost of living beats 72% of towns.
Is Simms safe?
Simms is safer than 7% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $746 per resident a year.
Compare Simms with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Simms. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Simms 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.
Simms detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Simms: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Simms: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Simms: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Simms: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Simms 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.