Best PlacesCarmona, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Carmona, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Carmona ranks 39,781st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Carmona
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.
Carmona's strengths and weaknesses
Where Carmona ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
Where Carmona ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 4% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Carmona
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Carmona home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,321, 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 Carmona's effective rate of 0.99%, 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 Carmona
Carmona runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, 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 Carmona.
Who works in Carmona, and how
Work in Carmona centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Carmona
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Carmona.
What the weather is like in Carmona, month by month
Carmona sees roughly 88 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 49° | 40° |
| April | 79° | 67° | 57° |
| July | 94° | 83° | 74° |
| October | 82° | 69° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Carmona
George Bush Intcntl/Houston sits about 73 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 Carmona
Schools across Carmona average a C, better than 39% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cedar Grove ElB− · 41% proficient
- Groveton ElC · 33% proficient
- Corrigan-camden ElC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Livingston J HC+ · 36% proficient
- Corrigan-camden J HC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Onalaska Jr/sr HighB+ · 54% proficient
- Livingston H SB− · 44% proficient
- Corrigan-camden H SC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Carmona school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Carmona 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 Carmona against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Carmona
Is Carmona a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Carmona ranks 39,781st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, tree cover, and low taxes, and lowest on air quality and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Carmona expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $190,100. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $70,321 median income, cost of living beats 48% of towns.
Is Carmona safe?
Carmona is safer than 7% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $731 per resident a year.
Compare Carmona with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Carmona. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Carmona 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.
Carmona detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Carmona: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Carmona: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Carmona: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Carmona: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Carmona 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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