Best PlacesPelican Bay, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pelican Bay, 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.
Pelican Bay ranks 23,108th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Pelican 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.
Pelican Bay's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pelican Bay ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 91% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 89% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 131 pleasant days a year, better than 86% of towns
Where Pelican Bay ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 5% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 14% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 15% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pelican Bay
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pelican Bay home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,321, 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 Pelican Bay's effective rate of 0.92%, 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 Pelican Bay
Pelican Bay runs younger than the country, 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 Pelican Bay.
Who works in Pelican Bay, and how
Work in Pelican Bay centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Pelican Bay
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pelican Bay.
What the weather is like in Pelican Bay, month by month
Pelican Bay sees roughly 131 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 46° | 37° |
| April | 77° | 66° | 56° |
| July | 97° | 86° | 76° |
| October | 81° | 69° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Pelican Bay
Dallas-Fort Worth International sits about 28 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 41.3 million passengers in 2025, with 289 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Pelican Bay
Schools across Pelican Bay average a B−, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Eagle Mountain ElB− · 41% proficient
- Liberty ElC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wayside MiddleB · 45% proficient
- Santo Forte J HC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Boswell H SA− · 59% proficient
- Azle H SB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pelican Bay school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pelican 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 Pelican Bay against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pelican Bay
Is Pelican Bay a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pelican Bay ranks 23,108th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, low taxes, and cell coverage, and lowest on education levels and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pelican Bay expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $210,692. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $77,321 median income, cost of living beats 43% of towns.
Is Pelican Bay safe?
Yes, Pelican Bay is safer than 57% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $326 per resident a year.
Compare Pelican Bay with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pelican Bay. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pelican 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.
Pelican Bay detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pelican Bay: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pelican Bay: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pelican Bay: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pelican Bay: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pelican 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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