Best PlacesConroe, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Conroe, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Conroe ranks 245th of 445 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It does not top any single list, but it lands above the national middle on a strong job market and quiet. The weaker spots are biking, walkability, and transit.
The best neighborhoods in Conroe
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.
The best areas in Conroe
The parts of Conroe, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the city.
Alden Bridge
More adults hold degrees, schools score higher, and health care is easier to reach.
River Plantation
Local pay stretches further and incomes run higher.
Shady Grove
Fewer households have young kids and it is noisier.
Northwestern Conroe
Commutes are shorter, though prices have run up more.
Southeastern Conroe
Disaster risk is higher.
Northeastern Conroe
Tree cover is thicker, though more homes sit empty.
Eastern Conroe
Homes cost less, though fewer residents vote.
Science Hill & Downtown Conroe
Streets are more walkable, though crime runs higher.
Briar Grove & Robinwood
Biking is better.
Conroe shows why a single number is not enough. Some neighborhoods score in the bottom 4% of the country and others in the top 6%. Pick the area first, then the home.
Conroe's strengths and weaknesses
Conroe lands in the middle because its strengths and weaknesses roughly balance. A strong job market, quiet, and a stable housing market carry most of that.
The one real hole is biking, near the bottom of the country. Walkability and transit also cost it ground. That one depends almost entirely on which part you pick, which is what the map below settles.
Where Conroe ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 96% of cities
- QuietBetter than 95% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 94% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than 87% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 84% of cities
Where Conroe ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 6% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 11% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 13% of cities
- Short commute30.7 minutes each way, better than only 15% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Conroe
A household needs to earn about $87,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Conroe home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $90,324, 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 Conroe's effective rate of 1.40%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Conroe
Conroe 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 Conroe.
Who works in Conroe, and how
Work in Conroe centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Conroe
Conroe has more restaurants and bars per resident than 72% of cities and more parkland per resident than 77% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Conroe and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Conroe, month by month
Conroe sees roughly 103 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 63, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs February through May and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63° | 50° | 41° |
| April | 80° | 68° | 57° |
| July | 95° | 83° | 74° |
| October | 83° | 69° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Conroe
George Bush Intcntl/Houston sits about 22 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 Conroe
Schools across Conroe average a B, better than 72% of cities.
Top elementary schools
Top middle schools
- Mccullough J HA+ · 83% proficient
- Collins IntA+ · 76% proficient
- Cox IntA · 61% proficient
Top high schools
- The Woodlands H SA+ · 83% proficient
- College Park H SA · 72% proficient
- Ischool High At The WoodlandsA · 68% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Conroe school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Conroe 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 Conroe against the other 444 cities.
Who Conroe suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 77% of cities and 14% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Conroe
Is Conroe a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Conroe ranks 245th of 445 cities. It scores highest on a strong job market, quiet, and a stable housing market, and lowest on biking and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Conroe expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $305,896. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $90,324 median income, cost of living beats 77% of cities.
Is Conroe safe?
Conroe is safer than 49% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $473 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Conroe?
July highs average about 95 degrees, and January highs near 63 with lows near 41. That works out to about 103 pleasant days a year, more than 48% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Conroe?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Alden Bridge, River Plantation, and Shady Grove. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Conroe good for families?
Schools beat 72% of cities, crime safety beats 49%, and childcare runs $842 a month.
Is Conroe good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 77% of cities, though advertised internet speeds beat only 57% of cities. About 14% of workers already work from home.
Compare Conroe with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Conroe. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Conroe 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.
Conroe detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Conroe: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Conroe: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Conroe: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Conroe: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Conroe 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.