Best PlacesCedar Lane, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cedar Lane, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Cedar Lane ranks 24,032nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Cedar Lane
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.
Cedar Lane's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cedar Lane ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 158 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 83% of towns
- QuietBetter than 82% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
Where Cedar Lane ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 13% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 17% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cedar Lane
A household needs to earn about $68,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cedar Lane home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $75,596, 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 Cedar Lane's effective rate of 1.13%, 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 Cedar Lane
Cedar Lane runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cedar Lane.
Who works in Cedar Lane, and how
Work in Cedar Lane centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Cedar Lane
The coast is about 37 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Cedar Lane, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cedar Lane, month by month
Cedar Lane sees roughly 158 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 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 | 92° | 83° | 76° |
| October | 84° | 72° | 63° |
Flying in and out of Cedar Lane
William P Hobby sits about 53 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 Cedar Lane
Schools across Cedar Lane average a C+, better than 49% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Van Vleck ElC+ · 38% proficient
- Sweeny ElC · 33% proficient
- Van Vleck IntC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sweeny J HC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Sweeny H SB · 48% proficient
- Van Vleck H SB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cedar Lane school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cedar Lane 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 Cedar Lane against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cedar Lane
Is Cedar Lane a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cedar Lane ranks 24,032nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, low taxes, and big-city access, and lowest on disaster risk and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cedar Lane expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $247,339. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $75,596 median income, cost of living beats 66% of towns.
Is Cedar Lane safe?
Yes, Cedar Lane is safer than 57% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $348 per resident a year.
Compare Cedar Lane with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cedar Lane. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cedar Lane 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.
Cedar Lane detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cedar Lane: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cedar Lane: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cedar Lane: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cedar Lane: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cedar Lane 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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