New Chapel HillTX
A town of 651.
Is New Chapel Hill a good place to live?
New Chapel Hill has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
651 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to New Chapel Hill: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in New Chapel Hill, 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 New Chapel Hill.
Top of a very low hazard risk in New Chapel Hill: inland flooding
FEMA puts 54% of New Chapel Hill’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 15% to cold waves. Compared with 84% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage locally is lower.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
About half of New Chapel Hill’s working residents commute to Tyler
New Chapel Hill’s typical household income is $64,000, below both the Texas town median ($69,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). Between 2013 and 2023, jobs locally rose by 42, to 68. Half commute less than 9 miles. The top destinations are Tyler (50%), Longview (3%) and Houston (3%).
| New Chapel Hill | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $64,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 12% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
New Chapel Hill: mild winters and hot summers
The midsummer high for New Chapel Hill comes to 94°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy New Chapel Hill is
A quarter of adults get no exercise outside work in New Chapel Hill, against 30% in Texas’ towns and 25% across U.S. towns. Of 31 CDC measures, New Chapel Hill beats the Texas average on 5 and trails it on 4. Among adults 18 to 64 locally, 13% have no health insurance.
| New Chapel Hill | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 74% | 79% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 24% | 19% |
| What stands out | New Chapel Hill | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 13.2% | 19.1% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 16.4% | 19.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.8% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median home in New Chapel Hill sells for about $170K
The midpoint rent in New Chapel Hill is $1,095 a month. For households locally, the share who are owner-occupiers is 70%.
| New Chapel Hill | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,095 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 70% | 69% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Caldwell Zoo and 2 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around New Chapel Hill. Close and well known come first.
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9 miPhoto 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 New Chapel Hill
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of New Chapel Hill
About 5 of every 100 New Chapel Hill residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
100% of working residents leave New Chapel Hill for work
Where New Chapel Hill’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About New Chapel Hill
City in Texas, United States
New Chapel Hill is a city in Smith County, Texas, United States. The population was 620 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Tyler, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 2.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 430 ft
Questions about New Chapel Hill
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is New Chapel Hill, TX a good place to live?
New Chapel Hill has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.