Best PlacesCypress Station, Houston, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cypress Station, Houston, 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.
Cypress Station, Houston ranks 5,622nd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and empty homes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Cypress Station, Houston
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.
Cypress Station, Houston's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cypress Station, Houston ranks high
- QuietBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$842 a month, better than 83% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 63% of neighborhoods
Where Cypress Station, Houston ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Household income$43,430 median, better than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Cypress Station, Houston
A household needs to earn about $74,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cypress Station, Houston home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $43,430, 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 Cypress Station, Houston's effective rate of 1.47%, 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 Cypress Station, Houston
Cypress Station, Houston runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cypress Station, Houston.
Who works in Cypress Station, Houston, and how
Work in Cypress Station, Houston centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Cypress Station, Houston
Cypress Station, Houston has more restaurants and bars per resident than 70% of neighborhoods and more parkland per resident than 82% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 43 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Cypress Station, Houston and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cypress Station, Houston, month by month
Cypress Station, Houston sees roughly 95 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 Cypress Station, Houston
George Bush Intcntl/Houston sits about 6 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 Cypress Station, Houston
Schools across Cypress Station, Houston average a B−, better than 63% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Lemm ElB · 47% proficient
- Ginger Mcnabb ElB− · 40% proficient
- Salyers ElD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Edward Roberson MiddleA− · 57% proficient
- Schindewolf IntB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Spring Early College AcademyB+ · 55% proficient
- Klein Collins H SB+ · 51% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cypress Station, Houston school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cypress Station, Houston 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 Cypress Station, Houston against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Cypress Station, Houston
Is Cypress Station, Houston a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cypress Station, Houston ranks 5,622nd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on quiet, state finances, and low taxes, and lowest on empty homes and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cypress Station, Houston expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $258,001. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $43,430 median income, cost of living beats 15% of neighborhoods.
Is Cypress Station, Houston safe?
Cypress Station, Houston is safer than 3% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,379 per resident a year.
Compare Cypress Station, Houston with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cypress Station, Houston. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cypress Station, Houston 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.
Cypress Station, Houston detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cypress Station, Houston: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cypress Station, Houston: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cypress Station, Houston: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cypress Station, Houston: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cypress Station, Houston 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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