Is Holly Lake Ranch a good place to live?
Holly Lake Ranch’s weakest subject is walkability (D−). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 98% of U.S. towns. Homes run about $260K for a typical one, 4.3 times the county’s $60K median household income. Where it does best is schools: its schools rank ahead of 71% of Texas towns. All told, that adds up to a C overall and a rank of 287th of 640 in Texas. That leaves it better than 33% of U.S. towns. Only 89 of Texas’ 1,000 towns score lower on history. Its average trip to work is 43 minutes, above both the Texas town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes).
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · National Register of Historic Places.
How Holly Lake Ranch grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Holly Lake Ranch is from typical.
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What makes Holly Lake Ranch stand out
Where Holly Lake Ranch beats most towns.
97% of working residents leave Holly Lake Ranch for work
Where Holly Lake Ranch’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Holly Lake Ranch.
Holly Lake Ranch is a second-home town, is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has hotter summers than most of the country, though not than most of Texas.
Holly Lake Ranch stands out in Texas and nationally: the average trip to work there is longer
Holly Lake Ranch has 165 jobs for its 915 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 42.6 minutes, against 26.7 across Texas.
Jobs based in Holly Lake Ranch fell to 165 in 2023, 23 fewer than in 2013. Only 3% of working residents stay in Holly Lake Ranch for work; the rest commute out. 7% of residents live below the poverty line in the town. Half commute less than 32 miles.
| Holly Lake Ranch | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 43 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 7% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.8% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
0% of Holly Lake Ranch is conserved land
2.5 miles of trail. The trail density in Holly Lake Ranch is 0.3 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The biggest natural risk in Holly Lake Ranch is inland flooding, at a low overall level
Households in Holly Lake Ranch have drawn federal disaster aid in 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2021. On expected storm and flood damage, Holly Lake Ranch sits below 70% of U.S. communities. Flood insurance has paid one claim in the town since 2009. Expected losses in Holly Lake Ranch break down as 40% from inland flooding and 14% from cold waves.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mild winters and hot summers in Holly Lake Ranch
July afternoons average 93.5°: hotter than most of the country, but cooler than 78% of Texas places with climate records; January nights average 35.2°.
Holly Lake Ranch’s midsummer high is 94°F. Snow is a rarity.
| Holly Lake Ranch | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 94°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 35°F | 37°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A larger share of adults had a checkup this year in Holly Lake Ranch than in most of Texas or the rest of the country
Against the 10,514 U.S. towns with household incomes like Holly Lake Ranch’s, it is healthier than 76%, so its B isn’t only a matter of income.
In Holly Lake Ranch, 49% of adults have high blood pressure. Of the 641 Texas towns we compare, none has a lower share of adults who binge drink than Holly Lake Ranch. Against the Texas average, Holly Lake Ranch comes out ahead on 14 CDC measures out of 31, and behind on 8.
| Holly Lake Ranch | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 18% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 17% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 49% | 35% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 85% | 74% | 79% |
| What stands out | Holly Lake Ranch | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 6.6% | 16.4% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 8.1% | 19.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 15.9% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median home in Holly Lake Ranch sells for about $220K
Homes sold in Holly Lake Ranch spent a median 117 days on the market. For households here, the share who own their home is 95%. Sellers in Holly Lake Ranch got 99.3% of the asking price, typically.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Holly Lake Ranch
Moving to Holly Lake Ranch: who provides what
Holly Lake Ranch is unincorporated, so Wood County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Holly Lake Ranch
About 1 of every 100 Holly Lake Ranch residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
Questions about Holly Lake Ranch
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Holly Lake Ranch, TX a good place to live?
Holly Lake Ranch grades C overall, better than 33% of U.S. towns and #287 of 640 in Texas. It grades B for health and B+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Holly Lake Ranch, TX expensive?
The typical home is worth about $260,000, 12% below the Texas typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
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