Best PlacesMedical, Houston, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Medical, Houston, 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.
Medical, Houston ranks 2,673rd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Medical, Houston
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.
Medical, Houston's strengths and weaknesses
Where Medical, Houston ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$842 a month, better than 83% of neighborhoods
Where Medical, Houston ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than only 16% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than only 22% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 22% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Medical, Houston
A household needs to earn about $123,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Medical, Houston home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $90,658, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Medical, Houston's effective rate of 1.51%, 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 Medical, Houston
Medical, Houston runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Medical, Houston.
Who works in Medical, Houston, and how
Work in Medical, Houston centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 64%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 19%
Life in Medical, Houston
Medical, Houston has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of neighborhoods and more parkland per resident than 89% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 26 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Medical, Houston and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Medical, Houston, month by month
Medical, Houston sees roughly 138 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 49. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 55° | 49° |
| April | 80° | 71° | 64° |
| July | 94° | 85° | 79° |
| October | 83° | 74° | 67° |
Flying in and out of Medical, Houston
William P Hobby sits about 8 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 Medical, Houston
Schools across Medical, Houston average a C−, better than 28% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Macgregor ElD+ · 25% proficient
- Longfellow ElD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lanier MiddleA+ · 80% proficient
- Pershing MiddleB · 44% proficient
- Meyerland MiddleC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Bellaire H SB+ · 55% proficient
- Lamar H SB+ · 54% proficient
- Young Women's College Prep AcademyB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Medical, Houston school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Medical, Houston 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 Medical, Houston against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who Medical, Houston suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 82% of neighborhoods and 17% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Medical, Houston
Is Medical, Houston a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Medical, Houston ranks 2,673rd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on an educated workforce, population health, and state finances, and lowest on disaster risk and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Medical, Houston expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $429,726. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $90,658 median income, cost of living beats 82% of neighborhoods.
Is Medical, Houston safe?
Medical, Houston is safer than 23% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $795 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Medical, Houston?
July highs average about 94 degrees, and January highs near 64 with lows near 49. That works out to about 138 pleasant days a year, more than 71% of neighborhoods.
Is Medical, Houston good for families?
Schools beat 28% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 23%, and childcare runs $842 a month.
Compare Medical, Houston with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Medical, Houston. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Medical, Houston 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.
Medical, Houston detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Medical, Houston: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Medical, Houston: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Medical, Houston: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Medical, Houston: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Medical, Houston 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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