Best PlacesMoss Hill, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Moss Hill, 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.
Moss Hill ranks 44,530th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Moss Hill
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.
Moss Hill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Moss Hill ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 84% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 125 pleasant days a year, better than 83% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 68% of towns
Where Moss Hill ranks low
- Short commute45.8 minutes each way, better than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Moss Hill
A household needs to earn about $48,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Moss Hill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,501, 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 Moss Hill's effective rate of 1.20%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Moss Hill
Moss Hill's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Moss Hill.
Who works in Moss Hill, and how
Work in Moss Hill centers on transportation & warehousing and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Moss Hill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Moss Hill.
What the weather is like in Moss Hill, month by month
Moss Hill sees roughly 125 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 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 | 80° | 69° | 61° |
| July | 93° | 83° | 76° |
| October | 84° | 71° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Moss Hill
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 Moss Hill
Schools across Moss Hill average a B−, better than 60% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hardin ElB− · 41% proficient
- Tarkington ElB− · 40% proficient
- Tarkington Early Childhood SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hardin J HC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Hardin H SB+ · 58% proficient
- 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 Moss Hill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Moss Hill 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 Moss Hill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Moss Hill
Is Moss Hill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Moss Hill ranks 44,530th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, big-city access, and the weather, and lowest on long commutes and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Moss Hill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $175,082. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $64,501 median income, cost of living beats 37% of towns.
Is Moss Hill safe?
Moss Hill is safer than 35% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $433 per resident a year.
Compare Moss Hill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Moss Hill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Moss Hill 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.
Moss Hill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Moss Hill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Moss Hill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Moss Hill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Moss Hill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Moss Hill 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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