Is Nolanville a good place to live?
Nolanville grades D overall, 495th of 640 graded towns in Texas, mostly because of schools. Its schools rank behind 76% of the state's. One bright spot: natural-hazard risk is low. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 93% of U.S. towns. Nolanville's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 94% of U.S. towns.
What makes Nolanville stand out
Where Nolanville beats most towns.
Nolanville has grown 87% since 2010
4,259 counted in 2010 and 5,917 in 2020; an estimated 7,983 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 34.8% since 2020, after 38.9% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Nolanville grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Nolanville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Nolanville: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Nolanville, 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 Nolanville.
Nolanville has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and sends most of its workers to Temple and beyond, but it has little public open land.
Nolanville’s grade for schools is a C−
Its public schools are run by Killeen ISD. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nolanville ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 619 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Most working residents commute out of Nolanville
Nolanville has 568 jobs for its 2,180 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Nolanville for work: only 2% work in town. Jobs based in Nolanville grew to 568 in 2023, 350 more than in 2013. 14% of residents live below the poverty line in Nolanville, close to Texas’ towns (12%) and above U.S. towns (9.6%).
| Nolanville | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.9% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 13% | 9.6% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and hot summers in Nolanville
The Killeen weather station, 5 miles away, records that about 105 days a year reach 90°, more than in 96% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 95.6°, hotter than in 97% of U.S. towns; January nights average 36.8°.
Nolanville has mild winters and hot summers. At 96°F, Nolanville’s July high is where Texas’ towns sit at 95°F and U.S. towns at 85°F. The January low in Nolanville is 37°F.
| Nolanville | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 96°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 37°F | 37°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Low risk in Nolanville, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 65% of U.S. communities. Since 1997, 9 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Nolanville.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Crime reported in Nolanville
Nolanville's reported crime rate is well below Texas's. Nolanville’s property crime rate is 6.6 per 1,000 residents. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts.
| Nolanville | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 6.6 per 1,000 residents | 13.2 | 11.5 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 1.4 per 1,000 residents | 2.1 | 1.7 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2024 · crimes reported to police
An age mix much like Texas’s
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Texas average. 10% of residents are 65 or older in Nolanville. Nolanville has grown 35% since 2020, to 7,983 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Nolanville | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 31.8 years | 35.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 10% | 14% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 34% | 23% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±4 points). Across Texas, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Nolanville | TX | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.5% | 13.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.6% | 11.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.1% | 9.7% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 17.1% | 14.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.8% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.4% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.3% | 11.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 6.4% | 8.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 3.8% | 5.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.2% | 14% | 10.4% |
| High school | 19.1% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 33.9% | 20.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.1% | 7.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25.8% | 21.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 7.9% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Homes in Nolanville are worth about $305K, by Zillow’s estimate
The typical Nolanville home is worth about $305,000, down 2.2% in a year, close to the Texas typical home. 64% of Nolanville households own their home.
| Nolanville | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 64% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,174 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Health in Nolanville trails 51% of U.S. towns
Nolanville beats the Texas average on 5 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 8.
| Nolanville | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 39% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 37% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 22% | 23% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Nolanville | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 13.7% | 19.1% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 4.6% | 5.6% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 13% | 10.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Conserved land covers 0% of Nolanville
Just 0 of its 3,130 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Nolanville itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.2 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Monarch Park | — | 6 |
| 2. Bella Charca Park | — | 6 |
| 3. Central Park | 0.2 mi | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Nolanville
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Nolanville
About 4 of every 100 Nolanville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
98% of working residents leave Nolanville for work
Where Nolanville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Nolanville
City in Texas, United States
Nolanville is a city in Bell County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,917 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Killeen–Temple–Fort Hood Metropolitan Statistical Area.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Established
- 1878
- Area
- 3.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 709 ft
- ZIP code
- 76559
- Area code
- 254
Nolanville’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Nolanville.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nolanville | #495 | D | C− | — | C− | B− |
| Harker Heights | #428 | C− | D | B− | C− | C+ |
Nolanville reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Nolanville with a neighbor →
Questions about Nolanville
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Nolanville, TX a good place to live?
Nolanville grades D overall, better than 10% of U.S. towns and #495 of 640 in Texas. It grades B− for health and C− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Nolanville, TX expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.