Best PlacesCut and Shoot, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cut and Shoot, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Cut and Shoot ranks 32,659th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cut and Shoot
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.
Cut and Shoot's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cut and Shoot ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 88% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 85% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 83% of towns
Where Cut and Shoot ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 5% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 11% of towns
- Short commute35.9 minutes each way, better than only 12% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cut and Shoot
A household needs to earn about $84,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cut and Shoot home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $65,063, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Cut and Shoot's effective rate of 0.96%, 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 Cut and Shoot
Cut and Shoot 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 Cut and Shoot.
Who works in Cut and Shoot, and how
Work in Cut and Shoot centers on construction and admin & support services. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Cut and Shoot
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cut and Shoot.
What the weather is like in Cut and Shoot, month by month
Cut and Shoot 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 Cut and Shoot
George Bush Intcntl/Houston sits about 25 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 Cut and Shoot
Schools across Cut and Shoot average a C+, better than 50% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Austin ElC · 34% proficient
- Patterson ElC · 34% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bozman IntB− · 40% proficient
- Grangerland IntC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Conroe H SB · 49% proficient
- Caney Creek H SB− · 44% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cut and Shoot school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cut and Shoot 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 Cut and Shoot against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cut and Shoot
Is Cut and Shoot a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cut and Shoot ranks 32,659th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, big-city access, and fast internet, and lowest on air quality and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cut and Shoot expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $316,007. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $65,063 median income, cost of living beats 33% of towns.
Is Cut and Shoot safe?
Cut and Shoot is safer than 24% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $482 per resident a year.
Compare Cut and Shoot with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cut and Shoot. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cut and Shoot 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.
Cut and Shoot detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cut and Shoot: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cut and Shoot: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cut and Shoot: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cut and Shoot: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cut and Shoot 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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