Best PlacesAcres Home, Houston, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Acres Home, Houston, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Acres Home, Houston ranks 5,690th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Acres Home, Houston
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.
Acres Home, Houston's strengths and weaknesses
Where Acres Home, Houston ranks high
- QuietBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$842 a month, better than 83% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 69% of neighborhoods
Where Acres Home, Houston ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Acres Home, Houston
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Acres Home, Houston home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $49,907; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Acres Home, Houston's effective rate of 0.96%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Acres Home, Houston
Acres Home, Houston 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 Acres Home, Houston.
Who works in Acres Home, Houston, and how
Work in Acres Home, Houston centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Acres Home, Houston
Acres Home, Houston has more parkland per resident than 87% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 35 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Acres Home, Houston and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Acres Home, Houston, month by month
Acres Home, Houston sees roughly 102 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 67, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 67° | 54° | 43° |
| April | 82° | 70° | 59° |
| July | 96° | 85° | 76° |
| October | 86° | 72° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Acres Home, Houston
George Bush Intcntl/Houston sits about 10 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 Acres Home, Houston
Schools across Acres Home, Houston average a D+, better than 20% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Nitsch ElC · 35% proficient
- Goodman ElD · 20% proficient
- Highland Hts ElD− · 13% proficient
Top middle schools
- Black MiddleB · 46% proficient
- Klein IntD+ · 26% proficient
- Hoffman MiddleD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Victory Early College H SB− · 43% proficient
- Washington B T H SC− · 28% proficient
- Carver H S For Applied Tech/engineering/artsC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Acres Home, Houston school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Acres Home, Houston 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 Acres Home, Houston against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Acres Home, Houston
Is Acres Home, Houston a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Acres Home, Houston ranks 5,690th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on quiet, state finances, and low taxes, and lowest on a weak job market and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Acres Home, Houston expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $190,999. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $49,907 median income, cost of living beats 18% of neighborhoods.
Is Acres Home, Houston safe?
Acres Home, Houston is safer than 17% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $860 per resident a year.
Compare Acres Home, Houston with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Acres Home, Houston. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Acres Home, Houston 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.
Acres Home, Houston detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Acres Home, Houston: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Acres Home, Houston: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Acres Home, Houston: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Acres Home, Houston: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Acres Home, Houston 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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