Best PlacesLiberty County, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Liberty County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Distance to the water drives a lot of the difference between one part and the next. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Liberty County ranks 2,682nd of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Liberty County
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.
The best areas in Liberty County
The parts of Liberty County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Kenefick
Incomes run higher, local pay stretches further, and fewer homes sit empty.
Dayton
Commutes are shorter and more residents vote.
Liberty
Homes cost less, though prices have run up more.
Cleveland
Fewer households have young kids and it is noisier.
Plum Grove & Splendora
Heat risk is lower, though health care is harder to reach.
Scores across Liberty County run from about the 3rd to the 56th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Liberty County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Liberty County ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of counties
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 90% of counties
- Local economyBetter than 87% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than 76% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of counties
Where Liberty County ranks low
- Short commute40.0 minutes each way, better than only 1% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of counties
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of counties
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 3% of counties
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 4% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Liberty County
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Liberty County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,827, 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 Liberty County's effective rate of 1.22%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Liberty County
Liberty County 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 Liberty County.
Who works in Liberty County, and how
Work in Liberty County centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Liberty County
Liberty County has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties and less parkland per resident than most counties. The coast is about 42 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Liberty County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Liberty County growing, and who is moving in?
Liberty County has grown about 47% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Houston, TX metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Liberty County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Liberty County, month by month
Liberty County sees roughly 105 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 Liberty County
George Bush Intcntl/Houston sits about 28 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 Liberty County
Schools across Liberty County average a C, better than 36% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Devers ElA+ · 75% proficient
- Hardin ElB− · 41% proficient
- Tarkington ElB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Devers JhA+ · 72% proficient
- Liberty MiddleB− · 41% proficient
- Tarkington MiddleB− · 39% 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 Liberty County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Liberty County 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 Liberty County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Liberty County suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 8% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Liberty County
Is Liberty County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Liberty County ranks 2,682nd of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on big-city access, low taxes, and a strong job market, and lowest on long commutes and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Liberty County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $201,561. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $70,827 median income, cost of living beats 47% of counties.
Is Liberty County safe?
Liberty County is safer than 24% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $530 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Liberty County?
July highs average about 96 degrees, and January highs near 67 with lows near 43. That works out to about 105 pleasant days a year, more than 64% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Liberty County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Kenefick, Dayton, and Liberty. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Liberty County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Liberty County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Liberty County 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.
Liberty County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Liberty County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Liberty County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Liberty County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Liberty County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Liberty County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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