Best PlacesWillow Point, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Willow Point, 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.
Willow Point ranks 28,300th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Willow Point
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.
Willow Point's strengths and weaknesses
Where Willow Point ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 145 pleasant days a year, better than 91% of towns
- QuietBetter than 85% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 82% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
Where Willow Point ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 5% of towns
- Short commute39.2 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 16% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Willow Point
A household needs to earn about $97,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Willow Point home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $71,622, 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 Willow Point's effective rate of 0.89%, 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 Willow Point
Willow Point's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Willow Point.
Who works in Willow Point, and how
Work in Willow Point centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Willow Point
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Willow Point.
What the weather is like in Willow Point, month by month
Willow Point sees roughly 145 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 44° | 33° |
| April | 76° | 64° | 52° |
| July | 97° | 84° | 73° |
| October | 80° | 66° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Willow Point
Dallas-Fort Worth International sits about 52 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 41.3 million passengers in 2025, with 289 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Willow Point
Schools across Willow Point average a C+, better than 52% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Jacksboro ElC · 35% proficient
- Bridgeport IntC− · 30% proficient
- Perrin ElC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bridgeport MiddleB+ · 49% proficient
- Jacksboro MiddleB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Jacksboro H SB+ · 57% proficient
- Bridgeport H SB− · 43% proficient
- Perrin H SC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Willow Point school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Willow Point 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 Willow Point against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Willow Point
Is Willow Point a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Willow Point ranks 28,300th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, the weather, and quiet, and lowest on education levels and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Willow Point expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $365,557. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $71,622 median income, cost of living beats 40% of towns.
Is Willow Point safe?
Willow Point is safer than 55% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $335 per resident a year.
Compare Willow Point with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Willow Point. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Willow Point 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.
Willow Point detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Willow Point: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Willow Point: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Willow Point: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Willow Point: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Willow Point 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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