Best PlacesWimberley, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wimberley, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Wimberley ranks 4,330th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Wimberley
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.
Wimberley's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wimberley ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 149 pleasant days a year, better than 92% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 92% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 92% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 88% of towns
Where Wimberley ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 15% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 26% of towns
- Short commute31.1 minutes each way, better than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wimberley
A household needs to earn about $148,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wimberley home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $105,691, 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 Wimberley's effective rate of 1.08%, 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 Wimberley
Wimberley runs older 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 Wimberley.
Who works in Wimberley, and how
Work in Wimberley centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Wimberley
Wimberley has more restaurants and bars per resident than 87% of towns and more parkland per resident than 96% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Wimberley and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Wimberley, month by month
Wimberley sees roughly 149 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 51° | 41° |
| April | 82° | 69° | 58° |
| July | 97° | 84° | 74° |
| October | 85° | 71° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Wimberley
Austin-Bergstrom International sits about 30 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 Wimberley
Schools across Wimberley average a B+, better than 77% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Jacob's Well ElB · 49% proficient
- Mt Valley ElB · 48% proficient
- Rebecca Creek ElB · 46% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mt Valley MiddleA− · 58% proficient
- Danforth J HA− · 58% proficient
- R C Barton MiddleA− · 58% proficient
Top high schools
- Wimberley H SA− · 62% proficient
- Canyon Lake H SB+ · 55% proficient
- Blanco H SB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wimberley school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wimberley 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 Wimberley against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wimberley
Is Wimberley a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wimberley ranks 4,330th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, the weather, and what local pay buys, and lowest on summer heat and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wimberley expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $543,443. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $105,691 median income, cost of living beats 92% of towns.
Is Wimberley safe?
Yes, Wimberley is safer than 64% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $312 per resident a year.
Compare Wimberley with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wimberley. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wimberley 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.
Wimberley detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wimberley: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wimberley: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wimberley: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wimberley: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wimberley 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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