Best PlacesDowntown La Porte, La Porte, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Downtown La Porte, La Porte, 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 La Porte, La Porte ranks 4,487th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Downtown La Porte, La Porte
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 La Porte, La Porte's strengths and weaknesses
Where Downtown La Porte, La Porte ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 90% 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
- Cell coverageBetter than 74% of neighborhoods
Where Downtown La Porte, La Porte ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than only 13% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than only 18% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Downtown La Porte, La Porte
A household needs to earn about $63,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Downtown La Porte, La Porte home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,055, 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 La Porte, La Porte's effective rate of 1.46%, 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 6 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 La Porte, La Porte
Downtown La Porte, La Porte runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Downtown La Porte, La Porte.
Who works in Downtown La Porte, La Porte, and how
Work in Downtown La Porte, La Porte centers on retail trade and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Downtown La Porte, La Porte
Downtown La Porte, La Porte has more restaurants and bars per resident than 88% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 2 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Downtown La Porte, La Porte and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Downtown La Porte, La Porte, month by month
Downtown La Porte, La Porte sees roughly 134 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 Downtown La Porte, La Porte
William P Hobby sits about 16 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 La Porte, La Porte
Schools across Downtown La Porte, La Porte average a B−, better than 64% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Lomax ElB+ · 52% proficient
- La Porte ElB · 48% proficient
- Bayshore ElC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- La Porte J HB · 46% proficient
- James H Baker Sixth Grade CampusC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- La Porte H SC+ · 40% proficient
- The Academy Of Viola Dewalt H SD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Downtown La Porte, La Porte school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Downtown La Porte, La Porte 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 La Porte, La Porte against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Downtown La Porte, La Porte
Is Downtown La Porte, La Porte a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Downtown La Porte, La Porte ranks 4,487th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on a stable housing market, state finances, and low taxes, and lowest on disaster risk and transit. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Downtown La Porte, La Porte expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $222,668. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $78,055 median income, cost of living beats 62% of neighborhoods.
Is Downtown La Porte, La Porte safe?
Downtown La Porte, La Porte is safer than 23% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $795 per resident a year.
Compare Downtown La Porte, La Porte with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Downtown La Porte, La Porte. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Downtown La Porte, La Porte 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 La Porte, La Porte detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Downtown La Porte, La Porte: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Downtown La Porte, La Porte: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Downtown La Porte, La Porte: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Downtown La Porte, La Porte: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Downtown La Porte, La Porte 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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