Best PlacesWake Village, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wake Village, 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.
Wake Village ranks 33,308th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Wake Village
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.
Wake Village's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wake Village ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 92% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Short commute19.2 minutes each way, better than 90% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 88% of towns
- Cheap childcare$558 a month, better than 86% of towns
Where Wake Village ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 11% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Household income$53,337 median, better than only 17% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wake Village
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wake Village home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $53,337, 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 Wake Village's effective rate of 1.12%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Wake Village
Wake Village runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wake Village.
Who works in Wake Village, and how
Work in Wake Village centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Wake Village
Wake Village has more restaurants and bars per resident than 70% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Wake Village and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Wake Village, month by month
Wake Village sees roughly 84 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 56, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56° | 46° | 37° |
| April | 77° | 65° | 55° |
| July | 95° | 84° | 75° |
| October | 79° | 67° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Wake Village
The nearest airport, Texarkana Regional-Webb Field, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 163 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wake Village
Schools across Wake Village average a B−, better than 59% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Nash ElB− · 42% proficient
- Wake Village ElB− · 41% proficient
Top middle schools
- Texas MiddleB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Texas H SB · 46% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wake Village school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wake Village 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 Wake Village against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wake Village
Is Wake Village a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wake Village ranks 33,308th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, low taxes, and short commutes, and lowest on air quality and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wake Village expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $169,557. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $53,337 median income, cost of living beats 24% of towns.
Is Wake Village safe?
Wake Village is safer than 28% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $468 per resident a year.
Compare Wake Village with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wake Village. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wake Village 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.
Wake Village detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wake Village: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wake Village: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wake Village: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wake Village: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wake Village 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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