Best PlacesBaileys Prairie, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Baileys Prairie, 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.
Baileys Prairie ranks 31,514th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Baileys Prairie
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.
Baileys Prairie's strengths and weaknesses
Where Baileys Prairie ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 137 pleasant days a year, better than 88% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 88% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
Where Baileys Prairie ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 9% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Short commute36.7 minutes each way, better than only 10% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Baileys Prairie
A household needs to earn about $89,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Baileys Prairie home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $87,819; 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 Baileys Prairie's effective rate of 1.27%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Baileys Prairie
Baileys Prairie runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Baileys Prairie.
Who works in Baileys Prairie, and how
Work in Baileys Prairie centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Baileys Prairie
The coast is about 30 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Baileys Prairie, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Baileys Prairie, month by month
Baileys Prairie sees roughly 137 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 46. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 55° | 46° |
| April | 80° | 71° | 62° |
| July | 93° | 83° | 75° |
| October | 84° | 72° | 63° |
Flying in and out of Baileys Prairie
William P Hobby sits about 36 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 Baileys Prairie
Schools across Baileys Prairie average a B−, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Westside ElB · 47% proficient
- Rancho Isabella ElB · 45% proficient
- West Columbia ElC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lake Jackson IntB+ · 50% proficient
- Angleton J H SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- West Brazos J HC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Angleton H SB− · 43% proficient
- Columbia H SC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Baileys Prairie school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Baileys Prairie 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 Baileys Prairie against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Baileys Prairie
Is Baileys Prairie a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Baileys Prairie ranks 31,514th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, low taxes, and the weather, and lowest on disaster risk and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Baileys Prairie expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $318,312. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $87,819 median income, cost of living beats 78% of towns.
Is Baileys Prairie safe?
Baileys Prairie is safer than 50% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $356 per resident a year.
Compare Baileys Prairie with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Baileys Prairie. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Baileys Prairie 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.
Baileys Prairie detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Baileys Prairie: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Baileys Prairie: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Baileys Prairie: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Baileys Prairie: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Baileys Prairie 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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