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Ben Wheeler is a small town of 1,792 people in Van Zandt County, Texas. It's about 25 miles from Tyler, TX and 66 miles from Dallas, TX, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 94°F and winter highs 58°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $268k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,792people
$268kTypical home
$1,066/moRent
94° / 58°Summer / winter
1"Snow
254Sunny days
95Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,792
- Part of a metro area
- About 597 people per sq mi
- 66 mi to Dallas, TX
- 25 mi to Tyler, TX
- 18 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $268k (≈$1,693/mo)
- Median rent $1,066/mo
- Median household income $121k
- Property tax about 0.9% of value
- 1.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 94°F
- Winter highs around 58°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 69°F)
- 254 sunny days a year (130 totally clear)
- 111 cloudy days a year
- 37 of 90 winter days are gray
- 95 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 13 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (113 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (477 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 30
- 25% of households have kids
- 17% are 65 or older
- 17% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 60 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 19 mi to TYR airport
- 72 mi to DAL (major hub)
- 19 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 76% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 2003
- 97% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 535 ft
- 190 mi to the ocean
- 100 mi to a big lake
- 62 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 20 mi to the nearest campground
- 12 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 102 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 18 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 11 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 12 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 27% of Texas districts (reading)
- 6 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 25 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 25 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 15 mi to the nearest vet
- 18 mi to the nearest dog park
- 10 congregations per 10k people
- 28 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Van Zandt County: R+75 in 2024
- Texas: R+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.