Best PlacesDouble Bayou, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Double Bayou, 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.
Double Bayou ranks 35,632nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Double Bayou
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.
Double Bayou's strengths and weaknesses
Where Double Bayou ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- QuietBetter than 91% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 141 pleasant days a year, better than 89% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 86% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 86% of towns
Where Double Bayou ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 5% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Double Bayou
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Double Bayou home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $95,648, 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 Double Bayou's effective rate of 0.96%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Double Bayou
Double Bayou runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Double Bayou.
Who works in Double Bayou, and how
Work in Double Bayou centers on public administration and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Double Bayou
The coast is about 10 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Double Bayou, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Double Bayou, month by month
Double Bayou sees roughly 141 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 Double Bayou
William P Hobby sits about 38 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 Double Bayou
Schools across Double Bayou average a B−, better than 63% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Anahuac ElC · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Anahuac MiddleB+ · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- Anahuac H SB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Double Bayou school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Double Bayou 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 Double Bayou against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Double Bayou
Is Double Bayou a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Double Bayou ranks 35,632nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, quiet, and the weather, 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 Double Bayou expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $169,300. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $95,648 median income, cost of living beats 86% of towns.
Is Double Bayou safe?
Double Bayou is safer than 5% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $843 per resident a year.
Compare Double Bayou with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Double Bayou. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Double Bayou 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.
Double Bayou detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Double Bayou: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Double Bayou: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Double Bayou: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Double Bayou: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Double Bayou 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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