Best PlacesHouston Suburban Homes, Pasadena, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Houston Suburban Homes, Pasadena, 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.
Houston Suburban Homes, Pasadena ranks 5,362nd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. Thin health care access pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state finances.
The best neighborhoods in Houston Suburban Homes, Pasadena
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.
Houston Suburban Homes, Pasadena's strengths and weaknesses
Where Houston Suburban Homes, Pasadena ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 84% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$842 a month, better than 83% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 134 pleasant days a year, better than 69% of neighborhoods
Where Houston Suburban Homes, Pasadena ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Houston Suburban Homes, Pasadena
A household needs to earn about $79,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Houston Suburban Homes, Pasadena home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $55,166, 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 Houston Suburban Homes, Pasadena's effective rate of 1.00%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Houston Suburban Homes, Pasadena
Houston Suburban Homes, Pasadena 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 Houston Suburban Homes, Pasadena.
Who works in Houston Suburban Homes, Pasadena, and how
Work in Houston Suburban Homes, Pasadena centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Houston Suburban Homes, Pasadena
The coast is about 14 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Houston Suburban Homes, Pasadena, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Houston Suburban Homes, Pasadena, month by month
Houston Suburban Homes, Pasadena 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 Houston Suburban Homes, Pasadena
William P Hobby sits about 8 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 Houston Suburban Homes, Pasadena
Schools across Houston Suburban Homes, Pasadena average a C, better than 42% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Carpenter ElC+ · 37% proficient
- Mae Smythe ElD · 20% proficient
- Parks ElD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bonnette J HB · 47% proficient
- Deepwater J HB · 44% proficient
- San Jacinto IntC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Deer Park H SA− · 64% proficient
- Pasadena Memorial H SA− · 60% proficient
- Sam Rayburn H SB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Houston Suburban Homes, Pasadena school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Houston Suburban Homes, Pasadena 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 Houston Suburban Homes, Pasadena against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Houston Suburban Homes, Pasadena
Is Houston Suburban Homes, Pasadena a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Houston Suburban Homes, Pasadena ranks 5,362nd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on state finances, low taxes, and cell coverage, and lowest on thin health care access and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Houston Suburban Homes, Pasadena expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $295,734. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $55,166 median income, cost of living beats 27% of neighborhoods.
Is Houston Suburban Homes, Pasadena safe?
Houston Suburban Homes, Pasadena is safer than 47% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $544 per resident a year.
Compare Houston Suburban Homes, Pasadena with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Houston Suburban Homes, Pasadena. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Houston Suburban Homes, Pasadena 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.
Houston Suburban Homes, Pasadena detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Houston Suburban Homes, Pasadena: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Houston Suburban Homes, Pasadena: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Houston Suburban Homes, Pasadena: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Houston Suburban Homes, Pasadena: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Houston Suburban Homes, Pasadena 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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