Best PlacesKay Bee Heights, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kay Bee Heights, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Kay Bee Heights ranks 23,665th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Kay Bee Heights
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.
Kay Bee Heights' strengths and weaknesses
Where Kay Bee Heights ranks high
- Short commute13.5 minutes each way, better than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 97% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 88% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 82% of towns
Where Kay Bee Heights ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kay Bee Heights
A household needs to earn about $83,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kay Bee Heights home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $77,052; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Kay Bee Heights' effective rate of 1.06%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Kay Bee Heights
Kay Bee Heights 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 Kay Bee Heights.
Who works in Kay Bee Heights, and how
Work in Kay Bee Heights centers on retail trade and public administration. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 62%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 30%
Life in Kay Bee Heights
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Kay Bee Heights.
What the weather is like in Kay Bee Heights, month by month
Kay Bee Heights sees roughly 84 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 49° | 39° |
| April | 79° | 67° | 57° |
| July | 96° | 85° | 74° |
| October | 82° | 69° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Kay Bee Heights
The nearest airport, Robert Gray AAF, is about 2 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Austin-Bergstrom International, about 63 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kay Bee Heights
Schools across Kay Bee Heights average a C+, better than 51% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- House Creek ElB · 50% proficient
- Montague Village ElB · 47% proficient
- C R Clements/hollie Parsons ElB · 46% proficient
Top middle schools
- Copperas Cove J HB · 44% proficient
- S C Lee J HB− · 41% proficient
- Audie Murphy MiddleC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Copperas Cove H SC+ · 39% proficient
- Robert M Shoemaker H SC · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kay Bee Heights school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kay Bee Heights 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 Kay Bee Heights against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kay Bee Heights
Is Kay Bee Heights a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kay Bee Heights ranks 23,665th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, population health, and low taxes, and lowest on thin health care access and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kay Bee Heights expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $306,800. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $77,052 median income, cost of living beats 63% of towns.
Is Kay Bee Heights safe?
Kay Bee Heights is safer than 16% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $539 per resident a year.
Compare Kay Bee Heights with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kay Bee Heights. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kay Bee Heights 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.
Kay Bee Heights detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kay Bee Heights: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kay Bee Heights: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kay Bee Heights: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kay Bee Heights: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kay Bee Heights 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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