Best PlacesAtascocita, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Atascocita, 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.
Atascocita ranks 910th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Atascocita
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.
Atascocita's strengths and weaknesses
Where Atascocita ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 93% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 91% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 89% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 88% of cities
Where Atascocita ranks low
- Short commute35.4 minutes each way, better than only 5% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 6% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 14% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 16% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Atascocita
A household needs to earn about $89,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Atascocita home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $119,095, 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 Atascocita's effective rate of 1.71%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Atascocita
Atascocita 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 Atascocita.
Who works in Atascocita, and how
Work in Atascocita centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Atascocita
Atascocita has more parkland per resident than 82% of cities. The coast is about 35 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Atascocita and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Atascocita, month by month
Atascocita sees roughly 95 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 Atascocita
George Bush Intcntl/Houston sits about 9 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 Atascocita
Schools across Atascocita average a B−, better than 58% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Greentree ElB · 50% proficient
- Eagle Springs ElB · 48% proficient
- Deerwood ElB · 46% proficient
Top middle schools
- Riverwood MiddleA+ · 73% proficient
- Creekwood MiddleA− · 55% proficient
- Woodcreek MiddleB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Guy M Sconzo Early College H SA− · 65% proficient
- Atascocita H SB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Atascocita school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Atascocita 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 Atascocita against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Atascocita suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 91% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 12% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Atascocita
Is Atascocita a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Atascocita ranks 910th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on a stable housing market, what local pay buys, and cell coverage, and lowest on long commutes and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Atascocita expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $301,328. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $119,095 median income, cost of living beats 91% of cities.
Is Atascocita safe?
Atascocita is safer than 41% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $413 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Atascocita?
July highs average about 96 degrees, and January highs near 67 with lows near 43. That works out to about 95 pleasant days a year, more than 57% of cities.
Is Atascocita good for families?
Schools beat 58% of cities, crime safety beats 41%, and childcare runs $842 a month.
Compare Atascocita with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Atascocita. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Atascocita 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.
Atascocita detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Atascocita: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Atascocita: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Atascocita: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Atascocita: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Atascocita 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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