Best PlacesEast End, Houston, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East End, 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.
East End, Houston ranks 5,096th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. Air quality pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state finances.
The best neighborhoods in East End, 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.
East End, Houston's strengths and weaknesses
Where East End, Houston ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 87% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 84% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$842 a month, better than 83% of neighborhoods
Where East End, Houston ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
- School gradeD−, better than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 11% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in East End, Houston
A household needs to earn about $69,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East End, Houston home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $62,040; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 East End, Houston's effective rate of 1.12%, 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 East End, Houston
East End, Houston runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for East End, Houston.
Who works in East End, Houston, and how
Work in East End, Houston centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in East End, Houston
East End, Houston has more restaurants and bars per resident than 72% of neighborhoods and more parkland per resident than 82% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 22 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of East End, Houston and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in East End, Houston, month by month
East End, Houston sees roughly 135 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 49. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 55° | 49° |
| April | 80° | 71° | 64° |
| July | 94° | 85° | 79° |
| October | 83° | 74° | 67° |
Flying in and out of East End, Houston
William P Hobby sits about 6 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 East End, Houston
Schools across East End, Houston average a D−, better than 10% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Houston Gateway Academy Inc Elite College PrepA− · 57% proficient
- Tijerina ElC+ · 37% proficient
- Davila ElC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Project Chrysalis MiddleA− · 55% proficient
- Baylor College Of Medicine Biotech Academy At RuskC+ · 35% proficient
- Kipp Intrepid PreparatoryD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- East Early College H SA · 73% proficient
- Eastwood AcademyA · 70% proficient
- H S For Law And JusticeB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East End, Houston school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East End, 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 East End, Houston against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who East End, Houston suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 11% already work from home.
Common questions about living in East End, Houston
Is East End, Houston a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East End, Houston ranks 5,096th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on state finances, low taxes, and cell coverage, 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 East End, Houston expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $251,712. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $62,040 median income, cost of living beats 39% of neighborhoods.
Is East End, Houston safe?
East End, Houston is safer than 22% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $798 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in East End, Houston?
July highs average about 94 degrees, and January highs near 64 with lows near 49. That works out to about 135 pleasant days a year, more than 70% of neighborhoods.
Is East End, Houston good for families?
Schools beat 10% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 22%, and childcare runs $842 a month.
Compare East End, Houston with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East End, Houston. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East End, 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.
East End, Houston detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East End, Houston: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East End, Houston: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East End, Houston: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East End, Houston: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East End, 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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