Best PlacesDowntown Jacinto City, Jacinto City, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Downtown Jacinto City, Jacinto City, 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.
Downtown Jacinto City, Jacinto City ranks 5,756th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. Education levels pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state finances.
The best neighborhoods in Downtown Jacinto City, Jacinto City
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.
Downtown Jacinto City, Jacinto City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Downtown Jacinto City, Jacinto City ranks high
- 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
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 75% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 74% of neighborhoods
Where Downtown Jacinto City, Jacinto City ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Downtown Jacinto City, Jacinto City
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Downtown Jacinto City, Jacinto City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $45,314, 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 Downtown Jacinto City, Jacinto City's effective rate of 1.28%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Downtown Jacinto City, Jacinto City
Downtown Jacinto City, Jacinto City 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 Downtown Jacinto City, Jacinto City.
Who works in Downtown Jacinto City, Jacinto City, and how
Work in Downtown Jacinto City, Jacinto City centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Downtown Jacinto City, Jacinto City
Downtown Jacinto City, Jacinto City has more restaurants and bars per resident than 73% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 21 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Downtown Jacinto City, Jacinto City and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Downtown Jacinto City, Jacinto City, month by month
Downtown Jacinto City, Jacinto City sees roughly 128 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 47. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 55° | 47° |
| April | 81° | 71° | 63° |
| July | 95° | 85° | 78° |
| October | 85° | 74° | 66° |
Flying in and out of Downtown Jacinto City, Jacinto City
William P Hobby sits about 9 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 Downtown Jacinto City, Jacinto City
Schools across Downtown Jacinto City, Jacinto City average a C−, better than 27% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Pyburn ElC+ · 38% proficient
- Jacinto City ElC− · 26% proficient
- Whittier ElD− · 12% proficient
Top middle schools
- Woodland Acres MiddleC · 35% proficient
- Galena Park MiddleC · 32% proficient
- Holland MiddleD− · 14% proficient
Top high schools
- Galena Park H SC+ · 40% proficient
- Furr H SD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Downtown Jacinto City, Jacinto City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Downtown Jacinto City, Jacinto City 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 Downtown Jacinto City, Jacinto City against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Downtown Jacinto City, Jacinto City
Is Downtown Jacinto City, Jacinto City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Downtown Jacinto City, Jacinto City ranks 5,756th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on state finances, low taxes, and affordable childcare, and lowest on education levels 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 Downtown Jacinto City, Jacinto City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $145,174. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $45,314 median income, cost of living beats 13% of neighborhoods.
Is Downtown Jacinto City, Jacinto City safe?
Downtown Jacinto City, Jacinto City is safer than 20% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $807 per resident a year.
Compare Downtown Jacinto City, Jacinto City with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Downtown Jacinto City, Jacinto City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Downtown Jacinto City, Jacinto City 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.
Downtown Jacinto City, Jacinto City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Downtown Jacinto City, Jacinto City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Downtown Jacinto City, Jacinto City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Downtown Jacinto City, Jacinto City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Downtown Jacinto City, Jacinto City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Downtown Jacinto City, Jacinto City 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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