Best PlacesWilmer, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wilmer, 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.
Wilmer ranks 35,724th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Wilmer
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.
Wilmer's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wilmer ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 95% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of towns
Where Wilmer ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 3% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 12% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wilmer
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wilmer home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,038, 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 Wilmer's effective rate of 0.31%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Wilmer
Wilmer runs younger than the country, 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 Wilmer.
Who works in Wilmer, and how
Work in Wilmer centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Wilmer
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wilmer.
What the weather is like in Wilmer, month by month
Wilmer sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 46° | 36° |
| April | 76° | 65° | 55° |
| July | 96° | 84° | 74° |
| October | 81° | 67° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Wilmer
Dallas Love Field sits about 20 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 8.2 million passengers in 2025, with 91 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Wilmer
Schools across Wilmer average a C+, better than 46% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lucy Mae Mcdonald ElC · 34% proficient
- Lee Longino ElC · 33% proficient
- Wilmer-hutchins ElC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- D A Hulcy Steam MiddleC− · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Barack Obama Male Leadership Acad At A Maceo SmithB+ · 55% proficient
- Ferris H SC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wilmer school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wilmer 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 Wilmer against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wilmer
Is Wilmer a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wilmer ranks 35,724th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, fast internet, and low property taxes, and lowest on civic engagement and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wilmer expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $164,627. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $67,038 median income, cost of living beats 28% of towns.
Is Wilmer safe?
Wilmer is safer than 17% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $549 per resident a year.
Compare Wilmer with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wilmer. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wilmer 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.
Wilmer detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wilmer: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wilmer: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wilmer: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wilmer: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wilmer 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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