Best PlacesClear Lake Shores, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Clear Lake Shores, 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.
Clear Lake Shores ranks 10,597th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Clear Lake Shores
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.
Clear Lake Shores' strengths and weaknesses
Where Clear Lake Shores ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 97% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of towns
- Household income$123,340 median, better than 94% of towns
Where Clear Lake Shores ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 17% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Clear Lake Shores
A household needs to earn about $104,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Clear Lake Shores home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $123,340, 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 Clear Lake Shores' effective rate of 1.26%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Clear Lake Shores
Clear Lake Shores's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Clear Lake Shores.
Who works in Clear Lake Shores, and how
Work in Clear Lake Shores centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Clear Lake Shores
Clear Lake Shores has more restaurants and bars per resident than 92% of towns. The coast is about 2 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Clear Lake Shores and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Clear Lake Shores, month by month
Clear Lake Shores sees roughly 142 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 Clear Lake Shores
William P Hobby sits about 16 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 Clear Lake Shores
Schools across Clear Lake Shores average a B, better than 72% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lloyd R Ferguson ElB · 48% proficient
- Lavace Stewart ElC+ · 39% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bayside IntB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Clear Falls H SA− · 61% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Clear Lake Shores school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Clear Lake Shores 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 Clear Lake Shores against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Clear Lake Shores
Is Clear Lake Shores a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Clear Lake Shores ranks 10,597th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, cell coverage, and what local pay buys, 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 Clear Lake Shores expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $376,014. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $123,340 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Clear Lake Shores safe?
Clear Lake Shores is safer than 19% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $533 per resident a year.
Compare Clear Lake Shores with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Clear Lake Shores. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Clear Lake Shores 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.
Clear Lake Shores detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Clear Lake Shores: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Clear Lake Shores: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Clear Lake Shores: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Clear Lake Shores: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Clear Lake Shores 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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