Best PlacesBacliff, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bacliff, 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.
Bacliff ranks 40,554th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bacliff
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.
Bacliff's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bacliff ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 96% of towns
- TransitBetter than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
Where Bacliff ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 6% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bacliff
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bacliff home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $55,667; 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 Bacliff's effective rate of 1.32%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bacliff
Bacliff runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bacliff.
Who works in Bacliff, and how
Work in Bacliff centers on manufacturing and hospitality & food. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Bacliff
Bacliff has more restaurants and bars per resident than 78% of towns. The coast is about 2 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Bacliff and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bacliff, month by month
Bacliff sees roughly 142 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 48. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 55° | 48° |
| April | 79° | 71° | 63° |
| July | 93° | 84° | 78° |
| October | 82° | 73° | 66° |
Flying in and out of Bacliff
William P Hobby sits about 20 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 Bacliff
Schools across Bacliff average a B−, better than 57% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sandra Mossman ElB · 48% proficient
- Bay ElB · 47% proficient
- Lavace Stewart ElC+ · 39% proficient
Top middle schools
- Anahuac MiddleB+ · 49% proficient
- John And Shamarion Barber MiddleB+ · 49% proficient
- Bayside IntB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Impact Early College H SA− · 62% proficient
- Clear Falls H SA− · 61% proficient
- Anahuac H SB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bacliff school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bacliff 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 Bacliff against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bacliff
Is Bacliff a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bacliff ranks 40,554th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, biking, and fast internet, and lowest on disaster risk 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 Bacliff expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $204,527. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $55,667 median income, cost of living beats 22% of towns.
Is Bacliff safe?
Bacliff is safer than 21% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $523 per resident a year.
Compare Bacliff with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bacliff. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bacliff 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.
Bacliff detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bacliff: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bacliff: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bacliff: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bacliff: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bacliff 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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