Best PlacesPort Acres, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Port Acres, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Port Acres ranks 41,033rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Port Acres
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.
Port Acres' strengths and weaknesses
Where Port Acres ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 91% of towns
- Short commute20.8 minutes each way, better than 85% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
- Cheap childcare$624 a month, better than 77% of towns
Where Port Acres ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 9% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Port Acres
A household needs to earn about $61,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Port Acres home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,804, 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 Port Acres' effective rate of 1.56%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Port Acres
Port Acres runs younger 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 Port Acres.
Who works in Port Acres, and how
Work in Port Acres centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 97%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Port Acres
The coast is about 41 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Port Acres, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Port Acres, month by month
Port Acres sees roughly 92 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 67, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 67° | 54° | 43° |
| April | 81° | 70° | 59° |
| July | 94° | 83° | 75° |
| October | 85° | 72° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Port Acres
The nearest airport, Jack Brooks Regional, is about 2 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is William P Hobby, about 78 miles away.
The best schools in and around Port Acres
Schools across Port Acres average a C−, better than 24% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hamshire-fannett ElB+ · 55% proficient
- Hamshire-fannett IntC+ · 37% proficient
- Port Acres ElD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lincoln MiddleD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Hamshire-fannett H SC+ · 38% proficient
- Memorial H SD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Port Acres school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Port Acres 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 Port Acres against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Port Acres
Is Port Acres a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Port Acres ranks 41,033rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, cell coverage, and short commutes, and lowest on disaster risk and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Port Acres expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $211,027. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $72,804 median income, cost of living beats 62% of towns.
Is Port Acres safe?
Port Acres is safer than 14% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $594 per resident a year.
Compare Port Acres with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Port Acres. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Port Acres 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.
Port Acres detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Port Acres: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Port Acres: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Port Acres: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Port Acres: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Port Acres 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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