Best PlacesBrookshire, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Brookshire, 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.
Brookshire ranks 9,797th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Brookshire
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.
Brookshire's strengths and weaknesses
Where Brookshire ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 93% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 92% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 91% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 91% of towns
Where Brookshire ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 9% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 10% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Brookshire
A household needs to earn about $104,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Brookshire home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $105,973, 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 Brookshire's effective rate of 1.58%, 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 Brookshire
Brookshire 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 Brookshire.
Who works in Brookshire, and how
Work in Brookshire centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Brookshire
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Brookshire.
What the weather is like in Brookshire, month by month
Brookshire sees roughly 125 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 Brookshire
George Bush Intcntl/Houston sits about 38 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 Brookshire
Schools across Brookshire average a B−, better than 64% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ray And Jamie Wolman ElA+ · 79% proficient
- James E Randolph ElA+ · 76% proficient
- Huggins ElA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Seven Lakes J HA+ · 84% proficient
- Woodcreek J HA+ · 74% proficient
- Briscoe J HA · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Tompkins H SA+ · 85% proficient
- Katy H SA · 72% proficient
- Foster H SA · 71% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Brookshire school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Brookshire 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 Brookshire against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Brookshire
Is Brookshire a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Brookshire ranks 9,797th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, a strong job market, and low taxes, and lowest on air quality and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Brookshire expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $359,789. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $105,973 median income, cost of living beats 91% of towns.
Is Brookshire safe?
Brookshire is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $376 per resident a year.
Compare Brookshire with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Brookshire. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Brookshire 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.
Brookshire detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Brookshire: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Brookshire: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Brookshire: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Brookshire: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Brookshire 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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