Best PlacesMonaville, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Monaville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Monaville ranks 36,712th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Monaville
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.
Monaville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Monaville ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 90% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 138 pleasant days a year, better than 88% of towns
- QuietBetter than 87% of towns
Where Monaville ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 10% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 11% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Monaville
A household needs to earn about $84,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Monaville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $60,959, 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 Monaville's effective rate of 1.02%, 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 Monaville
Monaville's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Monaville.
Who works in Monaville, and how
Work in Monaville centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Monaville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Monaville.
What the weather is like in Monaville, month by month
Monaville sees roughly 138 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 65, with lows near 45. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 65° | 53° | 45° |
| April | 81° | 70° | 61° |
| July | 95° | 84° | 75° |
| October | 85° | 72° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Monaville
George Bush Intcntl/Houston sits about 40 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 Monaville
Schools across Monaville average a D, better than 10% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- I T Holleman ElC− · 30% proficient
- Hempstead ElD− · 12% proficient
Top middle schools
- Waller J HC− · 29% proficient
- Royal J HD · 23% proficient
- Hempstead MiddleD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Royal H SC− · 25% proficient
- Hempstead H SD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Monaville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Monaville 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 Monaville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Monaville
Is Monaville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Monaville ranks 36,712th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, low taxes, and big-city access, and lowest on air quality and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Monaville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $313,003. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $60,959 median income, cost of living beats 26% of towns.
Is Monaville safe?
Monaville is safer than 15% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $565 per resident a year.
Compare Monaville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Monaville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Monaville 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.
Monaville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Monaville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Monaville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Monaville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Monaville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Monaville 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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