Best PlacesGreatwood, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Greatwood, 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.
Greatwood ranks 677th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Greatwood
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.
Greatwood's strengths and weaknesses
Where Greatwood ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$181,209 median, better than 99% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 97% of towns
Where Greatwood ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Greatwood
A household needs to earn about $138,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Greatwood home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $181,209, 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 Greatwood's effective rate of 1.72%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Greatwood
Greatwood 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 Greatwood.
Who works in Greatwood, and how
Work in Greatwood centers on professional & technical and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Greatwood
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Greatwood.
What the weather is like in Greatwood, month by month
Greatwood sees roughly 127 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 46. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 55° | 46° |
| April | 82° | 71° | 62° |
| July | 95° | 85° | 76° |
| October | 85° | 73° | 63° |
Flying in and out of Greatwood
William P Hobby sits about 24 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 Greatwood
Schools across Greatwood average an A, better than 94% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bess Campbell ElA+ · 76% proficient
- Susanna Dickinson ElA+ · 73% proficient
- William VelasquezC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Reading J HA · 65% proficient
Top high schools
- George Ranch H SA · 68% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Greatwood school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Greatwood 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 Greatwood against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Greatwood
Is Greatwood a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Greatwood ranks 677th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and few empty homes, and lowest on air quality and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Greatwood expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $470,767. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $181,209 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Greatwood safe?
Greatwood is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $366 per resident a year.
Compare Greatwood with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Greatwood. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Greatwood 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.
Greatwood detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Greatwood: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Greatwood: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Greatwood: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Greatwood: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Greatwood 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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