Best PlacesLa Marque, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around La Marque, 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.
La Marque ranks 38,345th 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 La Marque
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.
La Marque's strengths and weaknesses
Where La Marque ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
- TransitBetter than 95% of towns
- BikingBetter than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 92% of towns
Where La Marque ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 4% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 10% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in La Marque
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median La Marque home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,219, 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 La Marque's effective rate of 1.34%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in La Marque
La Marque's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for La Marque.
Who works in La Marque, and how
Work in La Marque centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in La Marque
La Marque has more restaurants and bars per resident than 80% of towns. The coast is about 10 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of La Marque and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in La Marque, month by month
La Marque sees roughly 146 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 51. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 57° | 51° |
| April | 78° | 72° | 67° |
| July | 91° | 85° | 81° |
| October | 83° | 76° | 71° |
Flying in and out of La Marque
William P Hobby sits about 26 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 La Marque
Schools across La Marque average a D+, better than 13% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dan J Kubacak ElB− · 41% proficient
- Hughes Road ElC · 34% proficient
- Heights ElC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Santa Fe J HC+ · 38% proficient
- Blocker MiddleC+ · 36% proficient
- Crosby MiddleC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Hitchcock H SB− · 45% proficient
- Dickinson H SB− · 43% proficient
- Texas City H SC+ · 39% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every La Marque school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
La Marque 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 La Marque against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in La Marque
Is La Marque a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, La Marque ranks 38,345th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, transit, and biking, and lowest on disaster risk and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is La Marque expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $210,013. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $70,219 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is La Marque safe?
La Marque is safer than 25% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $539 per resident a year.
Compare La Marque with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to La Marque. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in La Marque 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.
La Marque detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for La Marque: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in La Marque: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of La Marque: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in La Marque: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
La Marque 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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