Best PlacesOak Ridge North, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Oak Ridge North, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Oak Ridge North ranks 7,763rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Oak Ridge North
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.
Oak Ridge North's strengths and weaknesses
Where Oak Ridge North ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 93% of towns
Where Oak Ridge North ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 9% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Oak Ridge North
A household needs to earn about $90,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Oak Ridge North home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $119,118, 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 Oak Ridge North's effective rate of 1.55%, 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 Oak Ridge North
Oak Ridge North runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Oak Ridge North.
Who works in Oak Ridge North, and how
Work in Oak Ridge North centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Oak Ridge North
Oak Ridge North has more restaurants and bars per resident than 88% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Oak Ridge North and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Oak Ridge North, month by month
Oak Ridge North sees roughly 112 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 65, 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 | 65° | 53° | 44° |
| April | 81° | 70° | 61° |
| July | 95° | 84° | 76° |
| October | 84° | 72° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Oak Ridge North
George Bush Intcntl/Houston sits about 14 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 Oak Ridge North
Schools across Oak Ridge North average a B+, better than 77% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lamar ElB+ · 52% proficient
- Oak Ridge ElB− · 43% proficient
- Houser ElB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Irons J HA− · 56% proficient
- Vogel IntB+ · 49% proficient
- Wilkerson IntB+ · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- College Park H SA · 72% proficient
- Oak Ridge H SA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Oak Ridge North school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Oak Ridge North 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 Oak Ridge North against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Oak Ridge North
Is Oak Ridge North a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Oak Ridge North ranks 7,763rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, few empty homes, and walkability, and lowest on noise and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Oak Ridge North expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $310,786. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $119,118 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Oak Ridge North safe?
Oak Ridge North is safer than 28% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $459 per resident a year.
Compare Oak Ridge North with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Oak Ridge North. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Oak Ridge North 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.
Oak Ridge North detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Oak Ridge North: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Oak Ridge North: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Oak Ridge North: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Oak Ridge North: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Oak Ridge North 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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