Pecan AcresTX
In Texas, this town has 4,161 residents.
Is Pecan Acres a good place to live?
With a B− overall, Pecan Acres is better than 48% of U.S. towns. That places it 195th of 640 in Texas. Where it falls short is walkability. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 82% of U.S. towns. Its strongest subject is health: it is healthier than 74% of U.S. towns. It is strong on schools as well — its schools outperform two thirds of the state's. Homes run about $735K for a typical one, 8.1 times the Dallas metro’s $90K median household income. Pecan Acres’ average commute is 39 minutes, above both Texas’ towns (25 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes).
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24.
Pecan Acres has grown 17% from 2010 to 2020
4,099 counted in 2010 and 4,808 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Pecan Acres grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Pecan Acres is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
AT&T Stadium and 40 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Pecan Acres. Close and well known come first.
Big draw27 mi Stadium & arenaAT&T Stadium
Big draw28 mi Stadium & arenaGlobe Life Field
28 mi Theme parkSix Flags Over Texas
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaTexas Stadium
27 mi Stadium & arenaChoctaw Stadium
19 mi Stadium & arenaAmon G. Carter StadiumPhoto credits
AT&T Stadium: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Globe Life Field: Drone To Fly, CC BY 3.0 · Six Flags Over Texas: Chris Hagerman from New Port Richey, FL, US, CC BY 2.0 · Texas Stadium: Allspamme, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Choctaw Stadium: KENGRIFFEY24FAN, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Amon G. Carter Stadium: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Moving to Pecan Acres: who provides what
Pecan Acres is unincorporated, so Tarrant 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Pecan Acres.
Pecan Acres has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and has less no health insurance than most of Texas, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Texas.
Pecan Acres earns a C for cost of living
At 8.1 years of the Dallas metro’s $90K median household income, the typical home (about $735K) costs more against local pay than in 96% of Texas towns; that ratio is one input to that grade. The median property tax bill is $6,936, against $4,232 across Texas, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
A typical home in Pecan Acres is worth about $735,000, up 1.5% in a year, more than twice the Texas typical home. In Pecan Acres, 90% of households are owner-occupiers. On the market in the town: a median 74 days to sell.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
0% of Pecan Acres is conserved land
Trails run 12 miles in 1 park or preserve. Parks and preserves in Pecan Acres: one, of 3 acres. In Pecan Acres, the density of trails is 0.6 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. South Wise Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
With only 0.4 jobs per working resident, most people in Pecan Acres work out of town
The average commute for its 2,460 working residents takes 39.1 minutes, against 26.7 across Texas. Jobs based here grew from 542 in 2013 to 947.
7.9% of residents live below the poverty line in Pecan Acres. Commuting out is the norm here: 2% of working residents work locally. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in the town rose by 405, to 947. The median commute is under 22 miles.
| Pecan Acres | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 39 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.8% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.9% | 12% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Pecan Acres earns a B+ for health
Its widest gap with Texas is no health insurance: 10.5% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 19.1% statewide. That grade tops all 3 graded neighbors; Fort Worth (C+) comes closest.
The share of adults 18 to 64 in Pecan Acres who have no health insurance: 11%. The town does better than the Texas average on 13 of 31 CDC measures and worse on 2. Among adults in the town, 32% have obesity and 18% say their health is fair or poor.
| Pecan Acres | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 30% | 25% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 37% | 35% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 24% | 19% |
| What stands out | Pecan Acres | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 10.5% | 19.1% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.8% | 19.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.6% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Pecan Acres: mild winters and hot summers
The Ft Worth Wsfo weather station, 14 miles away, records that about 98 days a year reach 90°, more than in 96% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 96.1°, hotter than in 98% of U.S. towns; January nights average 33.7°.
Pecan Acres’ July high comes in at 96°F. About 2 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Pecan Acres | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 96°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 34°F | 37°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More middle-aged adults than Texas overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 46% of residents (38% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 18% of residents (24% statewide). Pecan Acres: 36% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more. The age of the median resident in the town is 39.4 years.
| Pecan Acres | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 36% | 23% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 12% | 14% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 24% | 26% | 22% |
| Median age | 39.4 years | 35.8 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.2 points. Across Texas, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Pecan Acres | TX | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.8% | 13.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 14.7% | 11.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.9% | 9.7% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.5% | 14.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 17.6% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.8% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.4% | 11.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.8% | 8.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 1.6% | 5.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.3% | 14% | 10.4% |
| High school | 24.4% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.5% | 20.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.6% | 7.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.5% | 21.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 18.6% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,200, single groups can be off by several points
Top of a moderate hazard risk in Pecan Acres: inland flooding
Flood insurance has paid out on 5 claims in Pecan Acres since 1990. FEMA expects more storm and flood damage here than in 59% of U.S. communities. Expected losses in Pecan Acres break down as 57% from inland flooding and 18% from hail.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Pecan Acres
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Pecan Acres; the nearest are
About 6 of every 100 Pecan Acres residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
98% of working residents leave Pecan Acres for work
Where Pecan Acres’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Pecan Acres
CDP in Texas, United States
Pecan Acres is a census-designated place (CDP) in Tarrant and Wise counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 4,808 in 2020.
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- Area
- 21 sq mi
- Elevation
- 712 ft
Pecan Acres’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Pecan Acres.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pecan Acres | #195 | B− | C | — | B+ | B+ |
| Newark | — | — | A | — | B+ | C |
| Briar | #279 | C+ | C+ | — | B | C+ |
| Fort Worth | #554 | D | C− | D | D | C+ |
Newark has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Pecan Acres, Newark and Briar report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Pecan Acres with a neighbor →
Questions about Pecan Acres
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Pecan Acres, TX a good place to live?
Pecan Acres grades B− overall, better than 48% of U.S. towns and #195 of 640 in Texas. It grades B+ for health and B+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Pecan Acres, 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.