Best PlacesNormangee, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Normangee, 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.
Normangee ranks 29,144th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Normangee
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.
Normangee's strengths and weaknesses
Where Normangee ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 126 pleasant days a year, better than 83% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
- BikingBetter than 74% of towns
Where Normangee ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Short commute34.2 minutes each way, better than only 16% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 23% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 25% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Normangee
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Normangee home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,677, 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 Normangee's effective rate of 0.83%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Normangee
Normangee'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 Normangee.
Who works in Normangee, and how
Work in Normangee centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Normangee
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Normangee.
What the weather is like in Normangee, month by month
Normangee sees roughly 126 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 50° | 40° |
| April | 80° | 68° | 58° |
| July | 97° | 85° | 75° |
| October | 84° | 70° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Normangee
The nearest airport, Easterwood Field, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is George Bush Intcntl/Houston, about 85 miles away.
The best schools in and around Normangee
Schools across Normangee average a B, better than 67% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Leon ElB · 47% proficient
- Madisonville IntB · 44% proficient
- Normangee ElC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Madisonville J HA− · 55% proficient
- Normangee MiddleC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Leon H SA− · 60% proficient
- Madisonville H SA− · 60% proficient
- Normangee H SB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Normangee school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Normangee 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 Normangee against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Normangee
Is Normangee a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Normangee ranks 29,144th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, walkability, and the weather, and lowest on summer heat and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Normangee expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $190,241. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $64,677 median income, cost of living beats 38% of towns.
Is Normangee safe?
Normangee is safer than 27% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $503 per resident a year.
Compare Normangee with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Normangee. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Normangee 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.
Normangee detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Normangee: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Normangee: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Normangee: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Normangee: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Normangee 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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