Best PlacesYoakum, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Yoakum, 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.
Yoakum ranks 30,159th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Yoakum
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.
Yoakum's strengths and weaknesses
Where Yoakum ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 167 pleasant days a year, better than 96% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 91% of towns
- BikingBetter than 83% of towns
Where Yoakum ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 8% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 15% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Household income$54,080 median, better than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Yoakum
A household needs to earn about $54,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Yoakum home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,080, 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 Yoakum's effective rate of 0.94%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Yoakum
Yoakum's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Yoakum.
Who works in Yoakum, and how
Work in Yoakum centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Yoakum
Yoakum has more restaurants and bars per resident than 81% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Yoakum and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Yoakum, month by month
Yoakum sees roughly 167 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 65, with lows near 44. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 65° | 53° | 44° |
| April | 82° | 70° | 61° |
| July | 97° | 85° | 76° |
| October | 85° | 72° | 62° |
Flying in and out of Yoakum
The nearest airport, Victoria Regional, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Austin-Bergstrom International, about 71 miles away.
The best schools in and around Yoakum
Schools across Yoakum average a C+, better than 49% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Shiner ElA · 68% proficient
- Sweet Home ElB+ · 52% proficient
- Vickers ElB+ · 51% proficient
Top middle schools
- Edna J HB+ · 48% proficient
- Hallettsville J HB · 43% proficient
- Harold Cade MiddleB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Shiner H SA · 72% proficient
- Hallettsville H SB+ · 55% proficient
- Edna H SB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Yoakum school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Yoakum 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 Yoakum against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Yoakum
Is Yoakum a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Yoakum ranks 30,159th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, clean air, and low taxes, and lowest on summer heat 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 Yoakum expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $202,660. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $54,080 median income, cost of living beats 21% of towns.
Is Yoakum safe?
Yoakum is safer than 24% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $486 per resident a year.
Compare Yoakum with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Yoakum. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Yoakum 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.
Yoakum detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Yoakum: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Yoakum: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Yoakum: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Yoakum: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Yoakum 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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