The Town Files

The 25 Most Walkable Historic Small Towns in Texas

Ranked on The Town Files lifestyle rankings among 364 towns of 2,500–10,000 people in Texas, scoring every town on all of these at once. #1 is Alamo Heights, TX.

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Numbers match the ranking.
The 25 Most Walkable Historic Small Towns in Texas1. Alamo Heightsscore 1002. Cockrell Hillscore 1003. River Oaksscore 994. Terrell Hillsscore 995. Jacinto Cityscore 986. Slatonscore 967. Ciscoscore 968. Noconascore 959. Falfurriasscore 9310. Nassau Bayscore 9111. Taftscore 9112. Marlinscore 9113. Smithvillescore 9114. Lake Worthscore 9115. Castle Hillsscore 8916. Childressscore 8917. Richland Hillsscore 8918. Tuliascore 8919. West Orangescore 8920. Bradyscore 8921. Windcrestscore 8922. Hamiltonscore 8923. Hillsboroscore 8924. Comanchescore 8825. Daingerfieldscore 87
  1. 25Daingerfield, Texas

    Median year built: 88th percentile · Walkability: 86th percentile

    2,522 people · Morris County · median home $100,200 · income $57,500 · Jan low 35°F · 0 in snow

  2. 24Comanche, Texas

    Median year built: 91st percentile · Walkability: 84th percentile

    4,211 people · Comanche County · median home $125,700 · income $51,981 · Jan low 34°F · 0 in snow

  3. 23Hillsboro, Texas

    Median year built: 85th percentile · Walkability: 92nd percentile

    8,221 people · Hill County · median home $157,900 · income $56,083 · Jan low 34°F · 1 in snow

  4. 22Hamilton, Texas

    Median year built: 97th percentile · Walkability: 80th percentile

    2,895 people · Hamilton County · median home $102,100 · income $43,780 · Jan low 34°F · 0 in snow

  5. 21Windcrest, Texas

    Median year built: 79th percentile · Walkability: 98th percentile

    5,865 people · Bexar County · median home $302,000 · income $89,844 · Jan low 40°F · 0 in snow

  6. 20Brady, Texas

    Median year built: 91st percentile · Walkability: 86th percentile

    5,118 people · McCulloch County · median home $138,800 · income $46,250 · Jan low 35°F · 0 in snow

  7. 19West Orange, Texas

    Median year built: 83rd percentile · Walkability: 94th percentile

    3,459 people · Orange County · median home $110,700 · income $60,323 · Jan low 40°F · 0 in snow

  8. 18Tulia, Texas

    Median year built: 97th percentile · Walkability: 81st percentile

    4,473 people · Swisher County · median home $81,100 · income $32,288 · Jan low 23°F · 11 in snow

  9. 17Richland Hills, Texas

    Median year built: 97th percentile · Walkability: 81st percentile

    8,621 people · Tarrant County · median home $248,100 · income $66,721 · Jan low 36°F · 2 in snow

  10. 16Childress, Texas

    Median year built: 95th percentile · Walkability: 83rd percentile

    5,737 people · Childress County · median home $85,900 · income $57,644 · Jan low 29°F · 6 in snow

  11. 15Castle Hills, Texas

    Median year built: 92nd percentile · Walkability: 86th percentile

    3,978 people · Bexar County · median home $419,400 · income $95,391 · Jan low 41°F · 0 in snow

  12. 14Lake Worth, Texas

    Median year built: 88th percentile · Walkability: 93rd percentile

    4,711 people · Tarrant County · median home $236,700 · income $81,910 · Jan low 37°F · 2 in snow

  13. 13Smithville, Texas

    Median year built: 90th percentile · Walkability: 92nd percentile

    3,922 people · Bastrop County · median home $254,400 · income $59,977 · Jan low 39°F · 0 in snow

  14. 12Marlin, Texas

    Median year built: 90th percentile · Walkability: 92nd percentile

    5,462 people · Falls County · median home $66,000 · income $36,426 · Jan low 34°F · 0 in snow

  15. 11Taft, Texas

    Median year built: 93rd percentile · Walkability: 89th percentile

    2,801 people · San Patricio County · median home $124,200 · income $73,032 · Jan low 44°F · 0 in snow

  16. 10Nassau Bay, Texas

    Median year built: 85th percentile · Walkability: 97th percentile

    5,347 people · Harris County · median home $374,600 · income $71,696 · Jan low 46°F · 0 in snow

  17. 9Falfurrias, Texas

    Median year built: 97th percentile · Walkability: 88th percentile

    4,609 people · Brooks County · median home $79,900 · income $49,167 · Jan low 43°F · 0 in snow

  18. 8Nocona, Texas

    Median year built: 97th percentile · Walkability: 93rd percentile

    3,002 people · Montague County · median home $122,400 · income $42,731 · Jan low 31°F · 1 in snow

  19. 7Cisco, Texas

    Median year built: 99th percentile · Walkability: 93rd percentile

    3,883 people · Eastland County · median home $104,300 · income $58,550 · Jan low 30°F · 2 in snow

  20. 6Slaton, Texas

    Median year built: 94th percentile · Walkability: 98th percentile

    5,858 people · Lubbock County · median home $84,600 · income $56,676 · Jan low 30°F · 5 in snow

  21. 5Jacinto City, Texas

    Median year built: 96th percentile · Walkability: 99th percentile

    9,613 people · Harris County · median home $156,200 · income $47,318 · Jan low 44°F · 0 in snow

  22. 4Terrell Hills, Texas

    Median year built: 98th percentile · Walkability: 99th percentile

    5,045 people · Bexar County · median home $838,400 · income $186,400 · Jan low 40°F · 0 in snow

  23. 3River Oaks, Texas

    Median year built: 99th percentile · Walkability: 99th percentile

    7,646 people · Tarrant County · median home $223,800 · income $63,500 · Jan low 37°F · 2 in snow

  24. 2Cockrell Hill, Texas

    Median year built: 99th percentile · Walkability: 100th percentile

    3,815 people · Dallas County · median home $189,800 · income $52,292 · Jan low 38°F · 2 in snow

  25. 1Alamo Heights, Texas

    Median year built: 100th percentile · Walkability: 100th percentile

    7,357 people · Bexar County · median home $779,400 · income $183,088 · Jan low 40°F · 0 in snow

Price vs ranking

Median home value vs ranking, Texas towns0255075100$49K$264K$478K$692K$907KMedian home valuePercentile
Orange squares are the 25 towns on this list; green dots are other towns on The Town Files in Texas.

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Methodology. We ranked 364 towns of 2,500–10,000 people in Texas (2020 Census population; towns with 2,500+ people have pages so far). Lifestyle measures are The Town Files lifestyle rankings, built from federal demographic, school, crime and housing data (2025), shown as percentiles. The combined score is the average of the percentiles shown for each town; a town must be above the middle on every one. Only towns better than 60% of their peers on this measure qualify, so lists can be shorter than 25. Sources: