Best PlacesGay Hill, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gay Hill, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Gay Hill ranks 8,956th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Gay Hill
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.
Gay Hill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gay Hill ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 147 pleasant days a year, better than 92% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 89% of towns
Where Gay Hill ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 16% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Gay Hill
A household needs to earn about $81,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gay Hill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $108,030, 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 Gay Hill's effective rate of 0.81%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Gay Hill
Gay Hill runs older 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 Gay Hill.
Who works in Gay Hill, and how
Work in Gay Hill centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 13%
Life in Gay Hill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Gay Hill.
What the weather is like in Gay Hill, month by month
Gay Hill sees roughly 147 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 44. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 52° | 44° |
| April | 81° | 70° | 60° |
| July | 96° | 85° | 76° |
| October | 84° | 72° | 62° |
Flying in and out of Gay Hill
The nearest airport, Easterwood Field, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Austin-Bergstrom International, about 70 miles away.
The best schools in and around Gay Hill
Schools across Gay Hill average a B, better than 66% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Brenham J HB+ · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- Brenham H SB · 50% proficient
- Burton H SB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gay Hill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gay Hill 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 Gay Hill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Gay Hill
Is Gay Hill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gay Hill ranks 8,956th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, what local pay buys, and low taxes, and lowest on summer heat and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Gay Hill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $309,884. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $108,030 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Gay Hill safe?
Gay Hill is safer than 32% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $447 per resident a year.
Compare Gay Hill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gay Hill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gay Hill 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.
Gay Hill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gay Hill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gay Hill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gay Hill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gay Hill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gay Hill 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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