Best PlacesWiergate, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wiergate, 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.
Wiergate ranks 46,266th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Wiergate
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.
Wiergate's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wiergate ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 93% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
Where Wiergate ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Short commute39.1 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wiergate
A household needs to earn about $30,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wiergate home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $50,747, 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 Wiergate's effective rate of 0.76%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Wiergate
Wiergate runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wiergate.
Who works in Wiergate, and how
Work in Wiergate centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Wiergate
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wiergate.
What the weather is like in Wiergate, month by month
Wiergate sees roughly 86 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 50° | 41° |
| April | 79° | 67° | 57° |
| July | 92° | 82° | 72° |
| October | 82° | 69° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Wiergate
The nearest airport, Lake Charles Regional, is about 67 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is George Bush Intcntl/Houston, about 120 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wiergate
Schools across Wiergate average a C−, better than 23% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Brookeland ElC · 33% proficient
- Newton ElD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Newton MiddleC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Newton H SC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wiergate school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wiergate 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 Wiergate against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wiergate
Is Wiergate a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wiergate ranks 46,266th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, quiet, and low taxes, and lowest on health outcomes and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wiergate expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $113,647. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $50,747 median income, cost of living beats 11% of towns.
Is Wiergate safe?
Wiergate is safer than 10% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $646 per resident a year.
Compare Wiergate with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wiergate. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wiergate 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.
Wiergate detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wiergate: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wiergate: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wiergate: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wiergate: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wiergate 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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