Best PlacesLochridge, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lochridge, 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.
Lochridge ranks 26,340th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lochridge
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.
Lochridge's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lochridge ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Household income$113,535 median, better than 91% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 90% of towns
- QuietBetter than 90% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 90% of towns
Where Lochridge ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 3% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lochridge
A household needs to earn about $85,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lochridge home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $113,535, 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 Lochridge's effective rate of 1.54%, 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 Lochridge
Lochridge runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, 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 Lochridge.
Who works in Lochridge, and how
Work in Lochridge centers on mining & oil & gas and public administration. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Lochridge
The coast is about 44 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Lochridge, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lochridge, month by month
Lochridge sees roughly 123 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 46. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 55° | 46° |
| April | 80° | 71° | 62° |
| July | 93° | 83° | 75° |
| October | 84° | 72° | 63° |
Flying in and out of Lochridge
William P Hobby sits about 28 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 Lochridge
Schools across Lochridge average a B, better than 69% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Frontier ElA− · 61% proficient
- Needville ElA− · 56% proficient
- William VelasquezC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Reading J HA · 65% proficient
- Needville J HA · 59% proficient
- Ronald Thornton MiddleB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Ridge Point H SA · 69% proficient
- George Ranch H SA · 68% proficient
- Needville H SB+ · 57% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lochridge school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lochridge 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 Lochridge against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lochridge
Is Lochridge a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lochridge ranks 26,340th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, high incomes, and a strong job market, and lowest on civic engagement and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lochridge expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $296,784. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $113,535 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Lochridge safe?
Lochridge is safer than 15% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $585 per resident a year.
Compare Lochridge with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lochridge. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lochridge 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.
Lochridge detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lochridge: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lochridge: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lochridge: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lochridge: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lochridge 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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