Best PlacesBrazos Country, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Brazos Country, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Brazos Country ranks 22,121st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Brazos Country
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 Country's strengths and weaknesses
Where Brazos Country ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- BikingBetter than 90% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 89% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 85% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 126 pleasant days a year, better than 83% of towns
Where Brazos Country ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 8% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 11% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Short commute35.4 minutes each way, better than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Brazos Country
A household needs to earn about $86,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Brazos Country home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $87,344, 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 Brazos Country's effective rate of 1.25%, 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 Country
Brazos Country runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Brazos Country.
Who works in Brazos Country, and how
Work in Brazos Country centers on retail trade and wholesale trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Brazos Country
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Brazos Country.
What the weather is like in Brazos Country, month by month
Brazos Country sees roughly 126 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 65, with lows near 45. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 65° | 53° | 45° |
| April | 81° | 70° | 61° |
| July | 95° | 84° | 75° |
| October | 85° | 72° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Brazos Country
George Bush Intcntl/Houston sits about 45 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 23.3 million passengers in 2025, with 214 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Brazos Country
Schools across Brazos Country average a C+, better than 51% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Selman ElC · 31% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sealy J HB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Sealy H SB · 46% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Brazos Country school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Brazos Country 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 Country against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Brazos Country
Is Brazos Country a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Brazos Country ranks 22,121st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, biking, and big-city access, and lowest on air quality and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Brazos Country expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $309,600. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $87,344 median income, cost of living beats 77% of towns.
Is Brazos Country safe?
Yes, Brazos Country is safer than 56% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $336 per resident a year.
Compare Brazos Country with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Brazos Country. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Brazos Country 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 Country detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Brazos Country: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Brazos Country: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Brazos Country: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Brazos Country: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Brazos Country 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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