Best PlacesYarrelton, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Yarrelton, 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.
Yarrelton ranks 39,947th 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 Yarrelton
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.
Yarrelton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Yarrelton ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 124 pleasant days a year, better than 82% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 81% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
Where Yarrelton ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 11% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 14% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Yarrelton
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Yarrelton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $59,507, 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 Yarrelton's effective rate of 0.47%, 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 Yarrelton
Yarrelton runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Yarrelton.
Who works in Yarrelton, and how
Work in Yarrelton centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Yarrelton
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Yarrelton.
What the weather is like in Yarrelton, month by month
Yarrelton sees roughly 124 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 50° | 41° |
| April | 80° | 68° | 58° |
| July | 97° | 85° | 75° |
| October | 84° | 70° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Yarrelton
The nearest airport, Robert Gray AAF, is about 46 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Austin-Bergstrom International, about 63 miles away.
The best schools in and around Yarrelton
Schools across Yarrelton average a D+, better than 14% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Cameron MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
- Rosebud-lott MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Rosebud-lott H SC+ · 37% proficient
- Cameron Yoe H SC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Yarrelton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Yarrelton 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 Yarrelton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Yarrelton
Is Yarrelton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Yarrelton ranks 39,947th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, a stable housing market, and the weather, and lowest on summer heat and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Yarrelton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $206,636. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $59,507 median income, cost of living beats 16% of towns.
Is Yarrelton safe?
Yarrelton is safer than 31% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $437 per resident a year.
Compare Yarrelton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Yarrelton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Yarrelton 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.
Yarrelton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Yarrelton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Yarrelton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Yarrelton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Yarrelton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Yarrelton 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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