Best PlacesHilshire Village, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hilshire Village, 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.
Hilshire Village ranks 1,241st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hilshire Village
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.
Hilshire Village's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hilshire Village ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$250,001 median, better than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
Where Hilshire Village ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 10% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hilshire Village
A household needs to earn about $312,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hilshire Village home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $250,001, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Hilshire Village's effective rate of 1.51%, 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 Hilshire Village
Hilshire Village 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 Hilshire Village.
Who works in Hilshire Village, and how
Work in Hilshire Village centers on professional & technical and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Hilshire Village
The coast is about 34 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Hilshire Village, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hilshire Village, month by month
Hilshire Village sees roughly 136 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 Hilshire Village
George Bush Intcntl/Houston sits about 16 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 23.3 million passengers in 2025, with 214 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Hilshire Village
Schools across Hilshire Village average an A, better than 98% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Spring Branch MiddleA− · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- Memorial H SA+ · 81% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hilshire Village school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hilshire Village 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 Hilshire Village against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hilshire Village
Is Hilshire Village a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hilshire Village ranks 1,241st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, an educated workforce, and high incomes, and lowest on noise and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hilshire Village expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,086,700. The overall cost of living runs about 0% below the national average. Set against a $250,001 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Hilshire Village safe?
Hilshire Village is safer than 20% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $510 per resident a year.
Compare Hilshire Village with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hilshire Village. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hilshire Village 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.
Hilshire Village detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hilshire Village: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hilshire Village: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hilshire Village: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hilshire Village: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hilshire Village 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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