Best PlacesMainland Park, Texas City, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mainland Park, Texas City, 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.
Mainland Park, Texas City ranks 2,431st of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mainland Park, Texas City
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.
Mainland Park, Texas City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mainland Park, Texas City ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
Where Mainland Park, Texas City ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than only 21% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Mainland Park, Texas City
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mainland Park, Texas City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $105,993, 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 Mainland Park, Texas City's effective rate of 0.83%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Mainland Park, Texas City
Mainland Park, Texas City runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mainland Park, Texas City.
Who works in Mainland Park, Texas City, and how
Work in Mainland Park, Texas City 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 84%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Mainland Park, Texas City
The coast is about 2 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Mainland Park, Texas City, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Mainland Park, Texas City, month by month
Mainland Park, Texas City 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 Mainland Park, Texas City
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 Mainland Park, Texas City
Schools across Mainland Park, Texas City average a C+, better than 46% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Manuel Guajardo Jr ElB · 45% proficient
- Roosevelt-wilson ElC · 35% proficient
- Kohfeldt ElC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Blocker MiddleC+ · 36% proficient
- Fry IntD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Texas City H SC+ · 39% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mainland Park, Texas City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mainland Park, Texas City 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 Mainland Park, Texas City against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Mainland Park, Texas City
Is Mainland Park, Texas City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mainland Park, Texas City ranks 2,431st of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on a stable housing market, what local pay buys, and quiet, and lowest on summer heat and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mainland Park, Texas City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $214,727. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $105,993 median income, cost of living beats 90% of neighborhoods.
Is Mainland Park, Texas City safe?
Yes, Mainland Park, Texas City is safer than 71% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $404 per resident a year.
Compare Mainland Park, Texas City with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mainland Park, Texas City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mainland Park, Texas City 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.
Mainland Park, Texas City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mainland Park, Texas City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mainland Park, Texas City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mainland Park, Texas City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mainland Park, Texas City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mainland Park, Texas City 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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