Best PlacesLeggett, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Leggett, 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.
Leggett ranks 45,991st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Leggett
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.
Leggett's strengths and weaknesses
Where Leggett ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
- Cheap childcare$592 a month, better than 79% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 79% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 77% of towns
Where Leggett ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Short commute39.0 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 13% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Leggett
A household needs to earn about $26,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Leggett home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $56,251, 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 Leggett's effective rate of 0.91%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Leggett
Leggett runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Leggett.
Who works in Leggett, and how
Work in Leggett centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Leggett
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Leggett.
What the weather is like in Leggett, month by month
Leggett sees roughly 87 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 49° | 40° |
| April | 79° | 67° | 57° |
| July | 94° | 83° | 74° |
| October | 82° | 69° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Leggett
George Bush Intcntl/Houston sits about 67 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 Leggett
Schools across Leggett average a D+, better than 14% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Corrigan-camden ElC− · 28% proficient
- Leggett ElD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Corrigan-camden J HC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Corrigan-camden H SC+ · 40% proficient
- Leggett H SD · 19% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Leggett school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Leggett 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 Leggett against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Leggett
Is Leggett a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Leggett ranks 45,991st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, state finances, and affordable childcare, 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 Leggett expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $99,000. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $56,251 median income, cost of living beats 23% of towns.
Is Leggett safe?
Leggett is safer than 17% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $562 per resident a year.
Compare Leggett with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Leggett. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Leggett 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.
Leggett detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Leggett: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Leggett: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Leggett: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Leggett: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Leggett 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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