Best PlacesBrazos Bend, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Brazos Bend, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Brazos Bend ranks 10,204th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Brazos Bend
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.
Brazos Bend's strengths and weaknesses
Where Brazos Bend ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 93% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 93% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 138 pleasant days a year, better than 88% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 84% of towns
Where Brazos Bend ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 14% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 24% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Brazos Bend
A household needs to earn about $113,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Brazos Bend home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $95,791, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Brazos Bend's effective rate of 0.98%, 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 Brazos Bend
Brazos Bend runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Brazos Bend.
Who works in Brazos Bend, and how
Work in Brazos Bend centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Brazos Bend
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Brazos Bend.
What the weather is like in Brazos Bend, month by month
Brazos Bend sees roughly 138 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs March through May and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 45° | 35° |
| April | 79° | 66° | 55° |
| July | 98° | 86° | 76° |
| October | 82° | 68° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Brazos Bend
Dallas-Fort Worth International sits about 51 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 41.3 million passengers in 2025, with 289 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Brazos Bend
Schools across Brazos Bend average a B, better than 72% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Oak Woods SchoolA · 62% proficient
- John And Lynn Brawner ElB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Acton MiddleA− · 54% proficient
- Granbury MiddleB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Granbury H SB+ · 51% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Brazos Bend school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Brazos Bend 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 Brazos Bend against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Brazos Bend
Is Brazos Bend a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Brazos Bend ranks 10,204th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, fast internet, and low taxes, and lowest on summer heat and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Brazos Bend expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $421,128. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $95,791 median income, cost of living beats 84% of towns.
Is Brazos Bend safe?
Yes, Brazos Bend is safer than 62% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $317 per resident a year.
Compare Brazos Bend with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Brazos Bend. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Brazos Bend 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.
Brazos Bend detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Brazos Bend: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Brazos Bend: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Brazos Bend: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Brazos Bend: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Brazos Bend 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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