Best PlacesAngelina County, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Angelina County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Angelina County ranks 1,758th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. Summer heat pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low taxes.
The best neighborhoods in Angelina County
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.
The best areas in Angelina County
The parts of Angelina County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Hudson
Fewer homes sit empty, more adults hold degrees, and schools score higher.
Pollok
It is quieter, though fewer households have young kids.
Huntington & Zavalla
Tree cover is thicker, though commutes are longer.
Lufkin
Streets are more walkable, though prices have run up more.
Diboll
Homes cost less, though local pay stretches less far.
Scores across Angelina County run from about the 3rd to the 89th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Angelina County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Angelina County ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 90% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 78% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of counties
- Cheap childcare$592 a month, better than 74% of counties
- Short commute20.9 minutes each way, better than 73% of counties
Where Angelina County ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 9% of counties
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 12% of counties
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 14% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than only 22% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than only 24% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Angelina County
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Angelina County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,350, 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 Angelina County's effective rate of 1.13%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Angelina County
Angelina County's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Angelina County.
Who works in Angelina County, and how
Work in Angelina County centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Angelina County
Angelina County has less parkland per resident than most counties and more late-night spots per resident than 80% of counties. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Angelina County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Angelina County growing, and who is moving in?
Angelina County has grown about 1% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Houston, TX.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Angelina County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Angelina County, month by month
Angelina County sees roughly 88 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 49° | 40° |
| April | 79° | 67° | 57° |
| July | 94° | 83° | 74° |
| October | 82° | 69° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Angelina County
The nearest airport, East Texas Regional, is about 74 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is George Bush Intcntl/Houston, about 99 miles away.
The best schools in and around Angelina County
Schools across Angelina County average a B−, better than 62% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- W H Bonner ElB · 50% proficient
- Brandon ElB · 48% proficient
- Sarah Strinden ElB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hudson MiddleA · 64% proficient
- Woden J HA− · 58% proficient
- Dr Terry Robbins MiddleB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Hudson H SA− · 65% proficient
- Pineywoods Community Academy H SB+ · 57% proficient
- Lufkin H SB+ · 51% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Angelina County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Angelina County 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 Angelina County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Angelina County suits
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Angelina County
Is Angelina County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Angelina County ranks 1,758th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on low taxes, a stable housing market, and state finances, and lowest on summer heat and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Angelina County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $171,857. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $65,350 median income, cost of living beats 33% of counties.
Is Angelina County safe?
Angelina County is safer than 43% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $442 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Angelina County?
July highs average about 94 degrees, and January highs near 61 with lows near 40. That works out to about 88 pleasant days a year, more than 50% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Angelina County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Hudson, Pollok, and Huntington & Zavalla. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Angelina County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Angelina County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Angelina County 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.
Angelina County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Angelina County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Angelina County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Angelina County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Angelina County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Angelina County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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.