WildwoodTX
A town in Texas, home to 584 people.
Is Wildwood a good place to live?
6% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Wildwood, below both the Texas town median (23%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). The biggest park or preserve is Big Thicket National Preserve, at 67 acres. Wildwood has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
584 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Wildwood: who provides what
Wildwood is unincorporated, so Hardin 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 Wildwood.
Most of Wildwood’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.2 jobs for each of them
The share of working residents in Wildwood who work locally: 0.5%. For half of commuters, work is under 38 miles away. The top destinations are Beaumont (21%), Houston (7%) and Lumberton (6%).
| Wildwood | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 0.5% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.3% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $64,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
High risk in Wildwood, with inland flooding at the top
Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in 72% of U.S. communities. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Wildwood after 5 declared disasters, most recently in 2024. Nearly two fifths of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by hurricanes at 26%.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fewer of Wildwood’s adults binge drink than in the typical Texas or U.S. town
Wildwood beats the Texas average on 10 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 15. 35% of Wildwood adults get no exercise outside work. Only one of the 642 Texas towns we compare has a higher share of adults who have high blood pressure than Wildwood.
| Wildwood | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 15% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 50% | 35% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 17% | 16% |
| What stands out | Wildwood | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 11.8% | 16.4% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 13.8% | 19.1% |
| More adults with COPD | 14.1% | 5.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Conservation land takes up 2.1% of Wildwood
Across 1 park or preserve: 2.0 miles of trail. Wildwood’s density of trails is 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Wildwood | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2.1% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Big Thicket National Preserve | — | 67 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median home in Wildwood sells for about $248K
88% of households live in a home they own in Wildwood.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Wildwood
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Wildwood; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Wildwood residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
100% of working residents leave Wildwood for work
Where Wildwood’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Wildwood
Census-designated place in Texas, United States
Wildwood is a gated community and census-designated place in Hardin and Tyler counties, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 1,121. The Hardin county portion of Wildwood is part of the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 4.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 118 ft
Questions about Wildwood
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Wildwood, TX a good place to live?
Wildwood has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.