Best PlacesMontgomery, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Montgomery, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Montgomery ranks 577th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and walkability ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Montgomery
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.
The best areas in Montgomery
The parts of Montgomery, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Ridgelake Shores
Water Oak & Lake Conroe Forest
Del Lago, Bentwater & Walden
April Sound & Lake Conroe Village
Scores across Montgomery run from about the 30th to the 93rd percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Montgomery's strengths and weaknesses
Where Montgomery ranks high
- QuietBetter than 99% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 97% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 88% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 87% of cities
Where Montgomery ranks low
- WalkabilityBetter than only 3% of cities
- Short commute34.7 minutes each way, better than only 6% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 9% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
- BikingBetter than only 13% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Montgomery
A household needs to earn about $119,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Montgomery home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $114,851; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Montgomery's effective rate of 1.33%, 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 Montgomery
Montgomery runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Montgomery.
Who works in Montgomery, and how
Work in Montgomery centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Montgomery
Montgomery has more restaurants and bars per resident than 72% of cities and more parkland per resident than 76% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Montgomery and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Montgomery, month by month
Montgomery sees roughly 103 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 Montgomery
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 Montgomery
Schools across Montgomery average a B+, better than 72% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Bush ElA · 65% proficient
- Keenan ElA− · 62% proficient
- Stewart ElA− · 59% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mccullough J HA+ · 83% proficient
- Oak Hills J HA · 64% proficient
- Montgomery J HA · 63% proficient
Top high schools
- The Woodlands H SA+ · 83% proficient
- Lake Creek H SA− · 65% proficient
- Magnolia H SA− · 61% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Montgomery school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Montgomery 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 Montgomery against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Montgomery suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 87% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 19% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 62% of cities, health care access beats 66%, and it is quieter than 99%.
Common questions about living in Montgomery
Is Montgomery a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Montgomery ranks 577th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on quiet, a strong job market, and low taxes, and lowest on walkability and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Montgomery expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $425,657. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $114,851 median income, cost of living beats 87% of cities.
Is Montgomery safe?
Yes, Montgomery is safer than 76% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $286 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Montgomery?
July highs average about 95 degrees, and January highs near 63 with lows near 41. That works out to about 103 pleasant days a year, more than 62% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Montgomery?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Ridgelake Shores, Water Oak & Lake Conroe Forest, and Del Lago, Bentwater & Walden. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Montgomery with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Montgomery. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Montgomery 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.
Montgomery detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Montgomery: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Montgomery: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Montgomery: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Montgomery: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Montgomery 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.