Best PlacesUncertain, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Uncertain, 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.
Uncertain ranks 45,323rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Uncertain
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.
Uncertain's strengths and weaknesses
Where Uncertain ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 83% of towns
- Cheap childcare$574 a month, better than 81% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 81% of towns
Where Uncertain ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 8% of towns
- Household income$45,829 median, better than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 10% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Uncertain
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Uncertain home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $45,829; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Uncertain's effective rate of 0.62%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Uncertain
Uncertain 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 Uncertain.
Who works in Uncertain, and how
Work in Uncertain centers on arts & entertainment and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Uncertain
Uncertain has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Uncertain and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Uncertain, month by month
Uncertain sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and September through November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 45° | 36° |
| April | 76° | 64° | 54° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 79° | 65° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Uncertain
The nearest airport, Shreveport Regional, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 159 miles away.
The best schools in and around Uncertain
Schools across Uncertain average a C−, better than 25% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- George Washington Carver ElD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jefferson J HC− · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Waskom H SB+ · 52% proficient
- Jefferson H SC+ · 40% proficient
- North Caddo High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Uncertain school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Uncertain 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 Uncertain against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Uncertain
Is Uncertain a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Uncertain ranks 45,323rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, tree cover, and affordable childcare, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Uncertain expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $201,284. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $45,829 median income, cost of living beats 8% of towns.
Is Uncertain safe?
Uncertain is safer than 17% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $550 per resident a year.
Compare Uncertain with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Uncertain. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Uncertain 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.
Uncertain detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Uncertain: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Uncertain: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Uncertain: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Uncertain: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Uncertain 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.