Best PlacesMacedonia, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Macedonia, 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.
Macedonia ranks 22,442nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on tree cover by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Macedonia
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.
Macedonia's strengths and weaknesses
Where Macedonia ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 92% of towns
- Household income$110,592 median, better than 90% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 87% of towns
Where Macedonia ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Short commute44.4 minutes each way, better than only 2% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Macedonia
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Macedonia home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $110,592, 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 Macedonia's effective rate of 1.01%, 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 Macedonia
Macedonia runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Macedonia.
Who works in Macedonia, and how
Work in Macedonia centers on manufacturing and professional & technical. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Macedonia
The coast is about 46 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Macedonia, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Macedonia, month by month
Macedonia sees roughly 102 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 63, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs February through May and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63° | 50° | 41° |
| April | 80° | 68° | 57° |
| July | 95° | 83° | 74° |
| October | 83° | 69° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Macedonia
George Bush Intcntl/Houston sits about 31 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 Macedonia
Schools across Macedonia average a C+, better than 50% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Tarkington ElB− · 40% proficient
- Tarkington Early Childhood SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Richter ElC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Dayton H SB · 48% proficient
- Tarkington H SB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Macedonia school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Macedonia 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 Macedonia against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Macedonia
Is Macedonia a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Macedonia ranks 22,442nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on tree cover, low taxes, and what local pay buys, 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 Macedonia expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $237,952. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $110,592 median income, cost of living beats 92% of towns.
Is Macedonia safe?
Macedonia is safer than 52% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $366 per resident a year.
Compare Macedonia with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Macedonia. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Macedonia 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.
Macedonia detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Macedonia: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Macedonia: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Macedonia: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Macedonia: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Macedonia 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.