Best Places77494, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 77494, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
77494 ranks 815th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. Paychecks stretch further here than almost anywhere else: the median household brings in $161,897, everyday costs sit below the national average, and good schools ranks near the top of the country. The main drawbacks are property taxes, air quality, and disaster risk.
The best neighborhoods in 77494
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
77494's strengths and weaknesses
77494 ranks where it does because the parts of life that are hardest to change mostly work here. What local pay buys is the standout, in the top 1% of zip codes. Population health and high incomes follow.
The drawbacks are real but narrow. Property taxes, air quality, and disaster risk hold the score down. The measures below break that down, and the map shows how much of it holds street by street.
Where 77494 ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of zip codes
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of zip codes
- Household income$161,897 median, better than 97% of zip codes
- School gradeA, better than 96% of zip codes
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of zip codes
Where 77494 ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 5% of zip codes
- Air qualityBetter than only 7% of zip codes
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 11% of zip codes
- Short commute33.5 minutes each way, better than only 15% of zip codes
- Tree shadeBetter than only 22% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 77494
A household needs to earn about $143,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 77494 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $161,897, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses 77494's effective rate of 1.86%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 77494
77494 runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 77494.
Who works in 77494, and how
Work in 77494 centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in 77494
77494 has more restaurants and bars per resident than 67% of zip codes and more parkland per resident than 75% of zip codes. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of 77494 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 77494, month by month
77494 sees roughly 126 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 65, with lows near 45. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 65° | 53° | 45° |
| April | 81° | 70° | 61° |
| July | 95° | 84° | 75° |
| October | 85° | 72° | 61° |
Flying in and out of 77494
William P Hobby sits about 33 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 6.8 million passengers in 2025, with 101 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around 77494
Schools across 77494 average an A, better than 96% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Ray And Jamie Wolman ElA+ · 79% proficient
- Odessa Kilpatrick ElA+ · 78% proficient
- Griffin ElA+ · 78% proficient
Top middle schools
- Seven Lakes J HA+ · 84% proficient
- Beckendorff J HA+ · 82% proficient
- Tays J HA+ · 81% proficient
Top high schools
- Seven Lakes H SA+ · 90% proficient
- Tompkins H SA+ · 85% proficient
- Cinco Ranch H SA · 77% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 77494 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
77494 measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare 77494 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Who 77494 suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 100% of zip codes, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 23% already work from home.
Common questions about living in 77494
Is 77494 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 77494 ranks 815th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on what local pay buys, population health, and high incomes, and lowest on property taxes and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 77494 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $478,866. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $161,897 median income, cost of living beats 100% of zip codes.
Is 77494 safe?
Yes, 77494 is safer than 60% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $344 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in 77494?
July highs average about 95 degrees, and January highs near 65 with lows near 45. That works out to about 126 pleasant days a year, more than 79% of zip codes.
Is 77494 good for families?
Schools beat 96% of zip codes, crime safety beats 60%, and childcare runs $842 a month.
Is 77494 good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 100% of zip codes, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 93% of zip codes. About 23% of workers already work from home.
Compare 77494 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 77494. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 77494 represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
77494 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 77494: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 77494: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 77494: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 77494: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
77494 detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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