Best PlacesPoint Comfort, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Point Comfort, 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.
Point Comfort ranks 6,354th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Point Comfort
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.
Point Comfort's strengths and weaknesses
Where Point Comfort ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$141,779 median, better than 96% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 151 pleasant days a year, better than 93% of towns
Where Point Comfort ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 18% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Point Comfort
A household needs to earn about $67,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Point Comfort home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $141,779, 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 Point Comfort'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 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 Point Comfort
Point Comfort 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 Point Comfort.
Who works in Point Comfort, and how
Work in Point Comfort centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Point Comfort
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Point Comfort.
What the weather is like in Point Comfort, month by month
Point Comfort sees roughly 151 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 67, with lows near 48. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 67° | 56° | 48° |
| April | 82° | 73° | 65° |
| July | 94° | 85° | 78° |
| October | 86° | 75° | 66° |
Flying in and out of Point Comfort
The nearest airport, Victoria Regional, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is William P Hobby, about 102 miles away.
The best schools in and around Point Comfort
Schools across Point Comfort average a B, better than 70% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Harrison/jefferson/madison ElA− · 59% proficient
- Jackson/roosevelt ElB · 47% proficient
- Edna ElC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Edna J HB+ · 48% proficient
- Travis MiddleC · 34% proficient
- Palacios J HC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Edna H SB+ · 52% proficient
- Calhoun H SB+ · 51% proficient
- Palacios H SB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Point Comfort school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Point Comfort 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 Point Comfort against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Point Comfort
Is Point Comfort a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Point Comfort ranks 6,354th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, a stable housing market, and a strong job market, and lowest on summer heat and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Point Comfort expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $251,341. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $141,779 median income, cost of living beats 99% of towns.
Is Point Comfort safe?
Point Comfort is safer than 9% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $662 per resident a year.
Compare Point Comfort with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Point Comfort. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Point Comfort 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.
Point Comfort detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Point Comfort: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Point Comfort: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Point Comfort: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Point Comfort: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Point Comfort 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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