ShadybrookTX
A town of 2,810.
Is Shadybrook a good place to live?
Shadybrook grades C overall, 282nd of 640 graded towns in Texas, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Its schools rank ahead of 91% of Texas towns. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: homes are expensive, about $232K for a typical one and 3.8 times the Jacksonville area’s $61K median household income. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 92% of U.S. towns. Shadybrook’s typical journey to work is 32 minutes, above both the Texas town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes).
Shadybrook has grown 22% from 2010 to 2020
1,967 counted in 2010 and 2,400 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Shadybrook grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Shadybrook is from typical.
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Moving to Shadybrook: who provides what
Shadybrook is unincorporated, so Cherokee 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 Shadybrook.
Shadybrook sends most of its workers to Tyler and beyond and has property taxes about half the Texas norm.
0% of Shadybrook is conserved land
Shadybrook’s density of trails comes in at 0.7 miles per square mile. 6.2 miles of trail.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
About one in three of Shadybrook’s working residents commute to Tyler
Shadybrook has 68 jobs for its 959 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. 28.2% of workers work from home, against 14.4% across Texas.
Shadybrook: 17% of residents live below the poverty line. Commuting out is the norm locally: 1% of working residents work locally. The top destinations are Tyler (34%), Jacksonville (6%) and Houston (4%). Half the trips to work are shorter than 18 miles.
| Shadybrook | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 17% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.6% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Shadybrook is less healthy than 68% of U.S. towns
Among adults in Shadybrook, 17% smoke cigarettes. CDC measures, 31 in all: Shadybrook beats Texas on 5 and trails on 10.
| Shadybrook | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 18% | 8.1% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Shadybrook | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 12.1% | 19.1% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 13.3% | 16.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 9% | 5.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The climate in Shadybrook brings mild winters and hot summers
The midsummer high for Shadybrook comes to 94°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Shadybrook faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
43% of Shadybrook’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by cold waves at 15%. Compared with 64% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage locally is lower.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Homes in Shadybrook sell for about $380K
The median property tax bill is $1,670, against $4,232 across Texas, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
In Shadybrook, 76% of households are owner-occupiers. The town’s median rent is $1,142 a month.
| Shadybrook | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 76% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,142 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Caldwell Zoo and 5 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Shadybrook. Close and well known come first.
19 mi Zoo & aquariumCaldwell Zoo
39 mi MuseumCaddo Mounds State Historic Site
17 mi GardenRose Garden Center
18 mi MuseumDiscovery Science Place27 mi GardenEast Texas Arboretum and Botanical Society
27 mi MuseumMuseum for East Texas CulturePhoto credits
Caldwell Zoo: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Caddo Mounds State Historic Site: Jon Roanhaus, 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 · Museum for East Texas Culture: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Everything we know about Shadybrook
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Shadybrook
About 3 of every 100 Shadybrook residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
99% of working residents leave Shadybrook for work
Where Shadybrook’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Shadybrook
Census-designated place in Texas, United States
Shadybrook is a census-designated place (CDP) in Cherokee County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Shadybrook had a population of 2,400. The CDP is located in the northwestern corner of the county adjacent to Lake Palestine, and takes its name from a gated community located on either side of Farm to Market Road 346. It is 16 miles (26 km) northwest of Jacksonville and 21 miles (34 km) southwest of Tyler. The CDP includes the namesake development along with other developments and individually owned houses in the area. A map of the CDP is shown here.
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- Area
- 9.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 380 ft
Shadybrook’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Shadybrook.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadybrook | #282 | C | C | — | A | C |
| Coffee City | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Shadybrook reports no FBI crime data of its own. Coffee City isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Shadybrook with a neighbor →
Questions about Shadybrook
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Shadybrook, TX a good place to live?
Shadybrook grades C overall, better than 34% of U.S. towns and #282 of 640 in Texas. It grades C for health and A for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Shadybrook, TX expensive?
The typical home is worth about $232,000, 22% 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.