Best PlacesNassau Bay, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Nassau Bay, 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.
Nassau Bay ranks 15,429th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Nassau Bay
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.
Nassau Bay's strengths and weaknesses
Where Nassau Bay ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 97% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 92% of towns
Where Nassau Bay ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 14% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Nassau Bay
A household needs to earn about $127,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Nassau Bay home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $77,261, 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 Nassau Bay's effective rate of 1.49%, 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 Nassau Bay
Nassau Bay runs older 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 Nassau Bay.
Who works in Nassau Bay, and how
Work in Nassau Bay centers on hospitality & food and public administration. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 16%
Life in Nassau Bay
Nassau Bay has more restaurants and bars per resident than 88% of towns and more parkland per resident than 95% of towns. The coast is about 7 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Nassau Bay and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Nassau Bay, month by month
Nassau Bay sees roughly 142 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 48. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 55° | 48° |
| April | 79° | 71° | 63° |
| July | 93° | 84° | 78° |
| October | 82° | 73° | 66° |
Flying in and out of Nassau Bay
William P Hobby sits about 13 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 Nassau Bay
Schools across Nassau Bay average a B+, better than 73% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Falcon Pass ElB+ · 54% proficient
- G W RobinsonB+ · 53% proficient
- Brookwood ElB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Space Center IntB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Clear Lake H SA− · 64% proficient
- Clear Creek H SB+ · 54% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Nassau Bay school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Nassau Bay 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 Nassau Bay against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Nassau Bay
Is Nassau Bay a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Nassau Bay ranks 15,429th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, walkability, and biking, and lowest on disaster risk and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Nassau Bay expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $443,501. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $77,261 median income, cost of living beats 78% of towns.
Is Nassau Bay safe?
Nassau Bay is safer than 36% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $393 per resident a year.
Compare Nassau Bay with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Nassau Bay. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Nassau Bay 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.
Nassau Bay detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Nassau Bay: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Nassau Bay: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Nassau Bay: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Nassau Bay: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Nassau Bay 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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