Best PlacesWied, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wied, 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.
Wied ranks 18,771st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Wied
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.
Wied's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wied ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 172 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 92% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 89% of towns
- Cheap childcare$572 a month, better than 82% of towns
Where Wied ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 4% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 9% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wied
A household needs to earn about $72,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wied home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,334, 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 Wied's effective rate of 0.88%, 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 Wied
Wied runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wied.
Who works in Wied, and how
Work in Wied centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Wied
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wied.
What the weather is like in Wied, month by month
Wied sees roughly 172 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 65, with lows near 44. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 65° | 53° | 44° |
| April | 82° | 70° | 61° |
| July | 97° | 85° | 76° |
| October | 85° | 72° | 62° |
Flying in and out of Wied
The nearest airport, Victoria Regional, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Austin-Bergstrom International, about 64 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wied
Schools across Wied average an A−, better than 89% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Shiner ElA · 68% proficient
- Vysehrad ElA− · 62% proficient
- Hallettsville ElB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hallettsville J HB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Shiner H SA · 72% proficient
- Hallettsville H SB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wied school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wied 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 Wied against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wied
Is Wied a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wied ranks 18,771st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, low taxes, and clean air, and lowest on summer heat and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wied expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $273,504. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $78,334 median income, cost of living beats 64% of towns.
Is Wied safe?
Wied is safer than 23% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $495 per resident a year.
Compare Wied with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wied. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wied 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.
Wied detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wied: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wied: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wied: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wied: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wied 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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