Best PlacesChannelview, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Channelview, 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.
Channelview ranks 2,026th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Channelview
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.
Channelview's strengths and weaknesses
Where Channelview ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 88% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 79% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 134 pleasant days a year, better than 77% of cities
Where Channelview ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 3% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 3% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 8% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Channelview
A household needs to earn about $54,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Channelview home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $75,485, 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 Channelview's effective rate of 1.55%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Channelview
Channelview 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 Channelview.
Who works in Channelview, and how
Work in Channelview centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Channelview
The coast is about 18 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Channelview, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Channelview, month by month
Channelview sees roughly 134 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 48. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 55° | 48° |
| April | 79° | 71° | 63° |
| July | 93° | 84° | 78° |
| October | 82° | 73° | 66° |
Flying in and out of Channelview
William P Hobby sits about 14 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 Channelview
Schools across Channelview average a C−, better than 16% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- De Zavala ElC · 31% proficient
- Mcmullan ElC · 31% proficient
- Harvey S Brown ElC · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cobb 6th Grade CampusC− · 29% proficient
- Aguirre J HC− · 27% proficient
- Alice Johnson J HD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- North Shore Senior HighC+ · 39% proficient
- Channelview H SC · 34% proficient
- C E King H SC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Channelview school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Channelview 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 Channelview against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Channelview suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 6% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Channelview
Is Channelview a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Channelview ranks 2,026th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on cell coverage, low taxes, and state finances, and lowest on thin health care access and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Channelview expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $188,712. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $75,485 median income, cost of living beats 39% of cities.
Is Channelview safe?
Channelview is safer than 3% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $762 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Channelview?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 64 with lows near 48. That works out to about 134 pleasant days a year, more than 77% of cities.
Is Channelview good for families?
Schools beat 16% of cities, crime safety beats 3%, and childcare runs $842 a month.
Compare Channelview with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Channelview. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Channelview 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.
Channelview detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Channelview: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Channelview: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Channelview: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Channelview: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Channelview 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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