Best PlacesKenefick, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kenefick, 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.
Kenefick ranks 21,928th 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 Kenefick
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.
Kenefick's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kenefick ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of towns
- Household income$125,249 median, better than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 89% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 88% of towns
Where Kenefick ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Short commute42.1 minutes each way, better than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kenefick
A household needs to earn about $90,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kenefick home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $125,249, 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 Kenefick's effective rate of 1.15%, 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 Kenefick
Kenefick 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 Kenefick.
Who works in Kenefick, and how
Work in Kenefick centers on manufacturing and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Kenefick
The coast is about 35 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Kenefick, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Kenefick, month by month
Kenefick sees roughly 95 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 67, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 67° | 54° | 43° |
| April | 82° | 70° | 59° |
| July | 96° | 85° | 76° |
| October | 86° | 72° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Kenefick
George Bush Intcntl/Houston sits about 29 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 Kenefick
Schools across Kenefick average a C, better than 39% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hardin ElB− · 41% proficient
- Liberty ElC · 33% proficient
- Richter ElC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Liberty MiddleB− · 41% proficient
- Hardin J HC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Hardin H SB+ · 58% proficient
- Dayton H SB · 48% proficient
- Liberty H SB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kenefick school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kenefick 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 Kenefick against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kenefick
Is Kenefick a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kenefick ranks 21,928th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and low taxes, and lowest on air quality and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kenefick expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $328,636. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $125,249 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Kenefick safe?
Yes, Kenefick is safer than 62% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $315 per resident a year.
Compare Kenefick with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kenefick. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kenefick 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.
Kenefick detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kenefick: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kenefick: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kenefick: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kenefick: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kenefick 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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