Best PlacesHoliday Lakes, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Holiday Lakes, 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.
Holiday Lakes ranks 43,843rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Holiday Lakes
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.
Holiday Lakes' strengths and weaknesses
Where Holiday Lakes ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 88% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 137 pleasant days a year, better than 88% of towns
Where Holiday Lakes ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Short commute46.1 minutes each way, better than only 2% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 4% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Holiday Lakes
A household needs to earn about $29,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Holiday Lakes home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $53,106, 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 Holiday Lakes' effective rate of 1.37%, 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 Holiday Lakes
Holiday Lakes's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Holiday Lakes.
Who works in Holiday Lakes, and how
Work in Holiday Lakes centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 99%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 0%
Life in Holiday Lakes
The coast is about 40 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Holiday Lakes, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Holiday Lakes, month by month
Holiday Lakes sees roughly 137 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 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 | 80° | 71° | 62° |
| July | 93° | 83° | 75° |
| October | 84° | 72° | 63° |
Flying in and out of Holiday Lakes
William P Hobby sits about 33 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 Holiday Lakes
Schools across Holiday Lakes average a B−, better than 57% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Frontier ElA− · 61% proficient
- Rancho Isabella ElB · 45% proficient
- Danbury ElC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Angleton J H SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Danbury MiddleC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Angleton H SB− · 43% proficient
- Danbury H SC+ · 37% proficient
- Columbia H SC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Holiday Lakes school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Holiday Lakes 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 Holiday Lakes against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Holiday Lakes
Is Holiday Lakes a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Holiday Lakes ranks 43,843rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, a stable housing market, and low taxes, and lowest on disaster risk and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Holiday Lakes expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $101,726. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $53,106 median income, cost of living beats 15% of towns.
Is Holiday Lakes safe?
Holiday Lakes is safer than 44% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $377 per resident a year.
Compare Holiday Lakes with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Holiday Lakes. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Holiday Lakes 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.
Holiday Lakes detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Holiday Lakes: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Holiday Lakes: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Holiday Lakes: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Holiday Lakes: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Holiday Lakes 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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