Best PlacesBonney, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bonney, 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.
Bonney ranks 28,980th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Bonney
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.
Bonney's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bonney ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 89% of towns
- TransitBetter than 88% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 87% of towns
Where Bonney ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 4% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bonney
A household needs to earn about $68,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bonney home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $98,206, 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 Bonney's effective rate of 1.65%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bonney
Bonney runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bonney.
Who works in Bonney, and how
Work in Bonney centers on hospitality & food and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Bonney
The coast is about 44 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Bonney, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bonney, month by month
Bonney sees roughly 135 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 Bonney
William P Hobby sits about 29 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 Bonney
Schools across Bonney average a C+, better than 52% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Frontier ElA− · 61% proficient
- Westside ElB · 47% proficient
- Rancho Isabella ElB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Angleton J H SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Danbury MiddleC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Angleton H SB− · 43% proficient
- Danbury H SC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bonney school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bonney 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 Bonney against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bonney
Is Bonney a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bonney ranks 28,980th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, low taxes, and big-city access, and lowest on civic engagement and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bonney expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $231,725. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $98,206 median income, cost of living beats 84% of towns.
Is Bonney safe?
Bonney is safer than 39% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $405 per resident a year.
Compare Bonney with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bonney. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bonney 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.
Bonney detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bonney: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bonney: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bonney: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bonney: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bonney 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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