Best PlacesGoose Creek, Baytown, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Goose Creek, Baytown, 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.
Goose Creek, Baytown ranks 4,816th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Goose Creek, Baytown
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.
Goose Creek, Baytown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Goose Creek, Baytown ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 95% 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
Where Goose Creek, Baytown ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 13% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Goose Creek, Baytown
A household needs to earn about $31,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Goose Creek, Baytown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $50,678, 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 Goose Creek, Baytown's effective rate of 1.50%, 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 2 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Goose Creek, Baytown
Goose Creek, Baytown 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 Goose Creek, Baytown.
Who works in Goose Creek, Baytown, and how
Work in Goose Creek, Baytown centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Goose Creek, Baytown
Goose Creek, Baytown has more restaurants and bars per resident than 68% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 10 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Goose Creek, Baytown and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Goose Creek, Baytown, month by month
Goose Creek, Baytown 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 Goose Creek, Baytown
William P Hobby sits about 20 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 Goose Creek, Baytown
Schools across Goose Creek, Baytown average a B−, better than 62% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- De Zavala ElC · 32% proficient
- Carver ElC · 31% proficient
- Lamar ElC− · 29% proficient
Top middle schools
- Horace Mann J HC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Impact Early College H SA− · 62% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Goose Creek, Baytown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Goose Creek, Baytown 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 Goose Creek, Baytown against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Goose Creek, Baytown
Is Goose Creek, Baytown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Goose Creek, Baytown ranks 4,816th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on a stable housing market, cell coverage, and state finances, 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 Goose Creek, Baytown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $108,384. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $50,678 median income, cost of living beats 23% of neighborhoods.
Is Goose Creek, Baytown safe?
Yes, Goose Creek, Baytown is safer than 58% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $482 per resident a year.
Compare Goose Creek, Baytown with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Goose Creek, Baytown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Goose Creek, Baytown 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.
Goose Creek, Baytown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Goose Creek, Baytown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Goose Creek, Baytown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Goose Creek, Baytown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Goose Creek, Baytown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Goose Creek, Baytown 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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