Best PlacesWells Branch, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wells Branch, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Wells Branch ranks 5,852nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Wells Branch
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.
Wells Branch's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wells Branch ranks high
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 185 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of towns
Where Wells Branch ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 7% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 9% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 10% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wells Branch
A household needs to earn about $112,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wells Branch home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $82,317, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Wells Branch's effective rate of 1.49%, 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 Wells Branch
Wells Branch runs younger 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 Wells Branch.
Who works in Wells Branch, and how
Work in Wells Branch centers on professional & technical and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 29%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Wells Branch
Wells Branch has more restaurants and bars per resident than 77% of towns and more parkland per resident than 88% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Wells Branch and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Wells Branch, month by month
Wells Branch sees roughly 185 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 50° | 42° |
| April | 80° | 68° | 59° |
| July | 96° | 84° | 75° |
| October | 83° | 71° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Wells Branch
Austin-Bergstrom International sits about 17 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 10.7 million passengers in 2025, with 127 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Wells Branch
Schools across Wells Branch average a C−, better than 31% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Joe Lee Johnson ElC · 34% proficient
- Northwest ElD · 18% proficient
- Wells Branch ElD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- Chisholm Trail MiddleB · 46% proficient
- Deerpark MiddleC+ · 36% proficient
- Westview MiddleD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Mcneil H SA− · 64% proficient
- John B Connally H SC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wells Branch school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wells Branch 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 Wells Branch against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wells Branch
Is Wells Branch a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wells Branch ranks 5,852nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, cell coverage, and the weather, and lowest on noise and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wells Branch expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $391,887. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $82,317 median income, cost of living beats 81% of towns.
Is Wells Branch safe?
Wells Branch is safer than 37% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $406 per resident a year.
Compare Wells Branch with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wells Branch. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wells Branch 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.
Wells Branch detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wells Branch: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wells Branch: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wells Branch: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wells Branch: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wells Branch 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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