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Wills Point is a small town of 3,921 people in Van Zandt County, Texas. It's about 45 miles from Dallas, TX. Summer highs average 94°F and winter highs 56°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $190k and rent runs about $1k a month.
3,921people
$190kTypical home
$1,030/moRent
94° / 56°Summer / winter
1"Snow
269Sunny days
99Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,921
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,070 people per sq mi
- 45 mi to Dallas, TX
- 45 mi to Dallas, TX
- 17 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $190k (≈$1,196/mo)
- Median rent $1,030/mo
- Median household income $72k
- Property tax about 1.4% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 94°F
- Winter highs around 56°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 69°F)
- 269 sunny days a year (134 totally clear)
- 96 cloudy days a year
- 32 of 90 winter days are gray
- 99 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 (168 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (629 per 100k)
People
- Median age 38
- 32% of households have kids
- 17% are 65 or older
- 14% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 39 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 43 mi to TYR airport
- 50 mi to DAL (major hub)
- 30 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 87% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1975
- 85% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 548 ft
- 212 mi to the ocean
- 83 mi to a big lake
- 38 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 10 mi to the nearest campground
- 4 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 103 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 24 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 4 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 5 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 23% of Texas districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 17 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 27 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 25 mi to the nearest vet
- 25 mi to the nearest dog park
- 10 congregations per 10k people
- 37 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