Best PlacesBrazoria County, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Brazoria County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages hide a wide spread here, so the area matters as much as the address. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Brazoria County ranks 753rd of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. Paychecks stretch further here than almost anywhere else: the median household brings in $108,183, everyday costs sit below the national average, and good schools ranks near the top of the country. The main drawbacks are disaster risk, property taxes, and air quality.
The best neighborhoods in Brazoria 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 Brazoria County
The parts of Brazoria 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.
Manvel
More adults hold degrees, local pay stretches further, and incomes run higher.
Rosharon
More households have young kids and heat risk is lower.
Pearland
Fewer homes sit empty and schools score higher.
Angleton
Prices have run up less and homes cost less.
Lake Jackson & Brazoria
Commutes are shorter, though crime runs higher.
West Columbia & Lochridge
It is quieter, though advertised internet is slower.
Alvin
Health outcomes score lower and biking is worse.
Clute, Freeport & Richwood
Fewer residents vote and health care is harder to reach.
Brazoria County shows why a single number is not enough. Some neighborhoods score in the bottom 2% of the country and others in the top 4%. Pick the area first, then the home.
Brazoria County's strengths and weaknesses
Brazoria County ranks where it does because the parts of life that are hardest to change mostly work here. What local pay buys is the standout, in the top 3% of counties. High incomes and big-city access follow.
The one real hole is disaster risk, near the bottom of the country. Property taxes and air quality also cost it ground. The measures below break that down, and the map shows how much of it holds street by street.
Where Brazoria County ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of counties
- Household income$108,183 median, better than 95% of counties
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of counties
- Internet speedBetter than 92% of counties
Where Brazoria County ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than only 5% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than only 6% of counties
- Short commute30.6 minutes each way, better than only 13% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than only 14% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Brazoria County
A household needs to earn about $86,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Brazoria County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $108,183, 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 Brazoria County's effective rate of 1.64%, 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 Brazoria County
Brazoria County 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 Brazoria County.
Who works in Brazoria County, and how
Work in Brazoria 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 87%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Brazoria County
The coast is about 27 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Brazoria County, which the map shows.
Is Brazoria County growing, and who is moving in?
Brazoria County has grown about 22% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Houston, TX metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Brazoria County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Brazoria County, month by month
Brazoria County sees roughly 128 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 Brazoria County
William P Hobby sits about 21 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 Brazoria County
Schools across Brazoria County average a B, better than 79% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Silvercrest ElA+ · 75% proficient
- Windsong IntA+ · 74% proficient
- Glenn York ElA · 69% proficient
Top middle schools
- Berry Miller J HA+ · 71% proficient
- Friendswood J HA · 64% proficient
- Pearland J H EastA · 64% proficient
Top high schools
- Robert Turner College And Career H SA · 74% proficient
- Friendswood H SA · 73% proficient
- Ridge Point H SA · 69% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Brazoria County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Brazoria 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 Brazoria County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Brazoria County suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 97% of counties, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 11% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Brazoria County
Is Brazoria County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Brazoria County ranks 753rd of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and big-city access, and lowest on disaster risk and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Brazoria County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $295,136. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $108,183 median income, cost of living beats 97% of counties.
Is Brazoria County safe?
Brazoria County is safer than 52% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $403 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Brazoria County?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 66 with lows near 46. That works out to about 128 pleasant days a year, more than 81% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Brazoria County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Manvel, Rosharon, and Pearland. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Brazoria County good for families?
Schools beat 79% of counties, crime safety beats 52%, and childcare runs $842 a month.
Is Brazoria County good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 97% of counties, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 92% of counties. About 11% of workers already work from home.
Compare Brazoria County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Brazoria County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Brazoria 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.
Brazoria County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Brazoria County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Brazoria County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Brazoria County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Brazoria County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Brazoria 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
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