HideawayTX
A town of 3,459.
Is Hideaway a good place to live?
Hideaway grades A− overall, ranked 20th of 640 in Texas, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Its public schools beat 94% of Texas towns on state tests and graduation and the median household earns $110K. It also does better than most on health: it is healthier than 81% of U.S. towns. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: the typical home is worth about $345K, 4.6 years of the Tyler metro’s $74K median household income. Hideaway’s average trip to work is 39 minutes, above both Texas’ towns (25 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Only 85 of Texas’ 1,000 towns score higher on hazard risk. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 86% of U.S. towns.
What makes Hideaway stand out
Where Hideaway beats most towns.
96% of working residents leave Hideaway for work
Where Hideaway’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Hideaway grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Hideaway is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Hideaway: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Hideaway, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Hideaway.
Hideaway carries less natural-hazard risk than most of Texas (mostly inland flooding), has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and sends most of its workers to Tyler and beyond.
Conserved land covers 0.8% of Hideaway
8.0 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves. Hideaway’s trail density is 3.3 miles per square mile.
| Hideaway | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 3.3 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.8% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Hideaway stands out in Texas and nationally, with the median age higher than most
The median age in Hideaway is 57 years. Hideaway has grown 8% since 2020, to 3,459 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 15% of Hideaway residents are under 18.
| Hideaway | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 57 years | 35.8 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 15% | 26% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 38% | 23% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.4 points. Across Texas, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Hideaway | TX | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 6.7% | 13.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.6% | 11.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 2.7% | 9.7% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.8% | 14.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.1% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 6.6% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 25.4% | 11.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.3% | 8.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 18.8% | 5.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.3% | 14% | 10.4% |
| High school | 13.6% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 27.4% | 20.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 18.4% | 7.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 27% | 21.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.2% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,500, single groups can be off by several points
A smaller share of adults report frequent mental distress in Hideaway than in most of Texas or the rest of the country
12% of adults report frequent mental distress in Hideaway. Hideaway beats the Texas average on 17 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 16% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Hideaway.
| Hideaway | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 18% | 17% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 84% | 74% | 79% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 17% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Hideaway | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.7% | 19.1% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.9% | 19.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 15.4% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Hideaway faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 90% of Texas towns; that rating is what its A for hazard risk is built on.
Since 2015, 6 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Hideaway.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
About one in three of Hideaway’s working residents commute to Tyler
Hideaway has 192 jobs for its 1,095 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 39.3 minutes, against 26.7 across Texas.
Most working residents leave Hideaway for work: only 4% work in town. Jobs based in Hideaway grew to 192 in 2023, 29 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Tyler (32%), Lindale (6%) and Dallas (3%).
| Hideaway | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 2.7% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $110,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.6% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and hot summers in Hideaway
The Mineola weather station, 10 miles away, records that about 99 days a year reach 90°, more than in 95% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 93.4°: hotter than most of the country, but cooler than 81% of Texas places with climate records; January nights average 35.6°.
Hideaway has mild winters and hot summers. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Hideaway | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 93°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 36°F | 37°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Hideaway earns a C for cost of living
The typical Hideaway home is worth about $345,000, down 2% in a year, 16% above the Texas typical home.
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Caldwell Zoo and 3 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hideaway. Close and well known come first.
11 mi Zoo & aquariumCaldwell Zoo
13 mi GardenRose Garden Center
13 mi MuseumDiscovery Science Place31 mi GardenEast Texas Arboretum and Botanical SocietyPhoto credits
Caldwell Zoo: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Rose Garden Center: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · Discovery Science Place: Paul M. Budd, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Hideaway
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Hideaway
About 3 of every 100 Hideaway residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
Hideaway’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Hideaway.
Hideaway reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Hideaway with a neighbor →
Questions about Hideaway
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Hideaway, TX a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Hideaway grades A− overall, better than 84% of U.S. towns and #20 of 640 in Texas. It grades A− for health and A for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Hideaway, TX expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.