Best PlacesAce, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ace, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Ace ranks 44,184th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Ace
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.
Ace's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ace ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- QuietBetter than 85% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
Where Ace ranks low
- Short commute47.0 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ace
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ace home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $55,566, 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 Ace's effective rate of 0.69%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Ace
Ace runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ace.
Who works in Ace, and how
Work in Ace centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Ace
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ace.
What the weather is like in Ace, month by month
Ace sees roughly 104 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 63, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs February through May and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63° | 50° | 41° |
| April | 80° | 68° | 57° |
| July | 95° | 83° | 74° |
| October | 83° | 69° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Ace
George Bush Intcntl/Houston sits about 49 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 23.3 million passengers in 2025, with 214 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Ace
Schools across Ace average a C+, better than 49% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hardin ElB− · 41% proficient
- Cedar Grove ElB− · 41% proficient
- Tarkington ElB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Livingston J HC+ · 36% proficient
- Hardin J HC+ · 36% proficient
- Shepherd MiddleD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Hardin H SB+ · 58% proficient
- Livingston H SB− · 44% proficient
- Tarkington H SB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ace school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ace 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 Ace against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ace
Is Ace a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ace ranks 44,184th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, low taxes, and quiet, and lowest on long commutes and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ace expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $144,002. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $55,566 median income, cost of living beats 17% of towns.
Is Ace safe?
Ace is safer than 18% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $532 per resident a year.
Compare Ace with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ace. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ace 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.
Ace detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ace: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ace: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ace: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ace: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ace 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.