Best PlacesNavasota, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Navasota, 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.
Navasota ranks 27,198th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Navasota
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.
Navasota's strengths and weaknesses
Where Navasota ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 139 pleasant days a year, better than 89% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 88% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 87% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 85% of towns
Where Navasota ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 7% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 7% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Navasota
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Navasota home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,687, 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 Navasota's effective rate of 1.12%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Navasota
Navasota'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 Navasota.
Who works in Navasota, and how
Work in Navasota centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Navasota
Navasota has more restaurants and bars per resident than 86% of towns and more parkland per resident than 89% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Navasota and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Navasota, month by month
Navasota sees roughly 139 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 44. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 52° | 44° |
| April | 81° | 70° | 60° |
| July | 96° | 85° | 76° |
| October | 84° | 72° | 62° |
Flying in and out of Navasota
The nearest airport, Easterwood Field, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is George Bush Intcntl/Houston, about 51 miles away.
The best schools in and around Navasota
Schools across Navasota average a C, better than 38% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Anderson-shiro ElB+ · 53% proficient
- Snook ElC+ · 38% proficient
- High Point ElC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Brenham J HB+ · 49% proficient
- Navasota J HC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Brenham H SB · 50% proficient
- Navasota H SC+ · 38% proficient
- Somerville H SC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Navasota school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Navasota 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 Navasota against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Navasota
Is Navasota a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Navasota ranks 27,198th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, the weather, and cell coverage, and lowest on air quality and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Navasota expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $211,883. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $79,687 median income, cost of living beats 67% of towns.
Is Navasota safe?
Navasota is safer than 20% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $529 per resident a year.
Compare Navasota with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Navasota. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Navasota 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.
Navasota detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Navasota: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Navasota: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Navasota: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Navasota: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Navasota 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.