Best PlacesCrosby, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Crosby, 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.
Crosby ranks 1,447th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Crosby
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.
Crosby's strengths and weaknesses
Where Crosby ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 92% of cities
- QuietBetter than 89% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 88% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 80% of cities
Where Crosby ranks low
- Short commute38.5 minutes each way, better than only 2% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 2% of cities
- BikingBetter than only 4% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 8% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 11% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Crosby
A household needs to earn about $77,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Crosby home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $106,875, 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 Crosby's effective rate of 1.52%, 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 Crosby
Crosby 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 Crosby.
Who works in Crosby, and how
Work in Crosby centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Crosby
Crosby has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of cities and more parkland per resident than 87% of cities. The coast is about 27 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Crosby and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Crosby, month by month
Crosby sees roughly 98 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 67, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 67° | 54° | 43° |
| April | 82° | 70° | 59° |
| July | 96° | 85° | 76° |
| October | 86° | 72° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Crosby
George Bush Intcntl/Houston sits about 16 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 Crosby
Schools across Crosby average a B−, better than 45% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Deer Park ElA− · 55% proficient
- Newport ElB · 45% proficient
- Barrett ElB− · 41% proficient
Top middle schools
- Deer Park J HA · 62% proficient
- West Lake MiddleB · 43% proficient
- Highlands J HB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Deer Park H SA− · 64% proficient
- Impact Early College H SA− · 62% proficient
- Atascocita H SB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Crosby school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Crosby 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 Crosby against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Crosby suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 80% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 9% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Crosby
Is Crosby a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Crosby ranks 1,447th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on fast internet, quiet, and low taxes, and lowest on long commutes and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Crosby expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $269,063. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $106,875 median income, cost of living beats 80% of cities.
Is Crosby safe?
Crosby is safer than 36% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $451 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Crosby?
July highs average about 96 degrees, and January highs near 67 with lows near 43. That works out to about 98 pleasant days a year, more than 59% of cities.
Is Crosby good for families?
Schools beat 45% of cities, crime safety beats 36%, and childcare runs $842 a month.
Compare Crosby with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Crosby. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Crosby 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.
Crosby detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Crosby: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Crosby: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Crosby: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Crosby: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Crosby 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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