Best PlacesPraha, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Praha, 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.
Praha ranks 19,438th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Praha
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.
Praha's strengths and weaknesses
Where Praha ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 169 pleasant days a year, better than 96% of towns
- Short commute18.1 minutes each way, better than 93% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 79% of towns
Where Praha ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 13% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Praha
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Praha home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $81,025, 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 Praha's effective rate of 0.77%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Praha
Praha's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Praha.
Who works in Praha, and how
Work in Praha centers on other services and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Praha
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Praha.
What the weather is like in Praha, month by month
Praha sees roughly 169 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 64, 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 | 64° | 52° | 43° |
| April | 81° | 70° | 61° |
| July | 96° | 85° | 76° |
| October | 84° | 72° | 62° |
Flying in and out of Praha
Austin-Bergstrom International sits about 49 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 10.7 million passengers in 2025, with 127 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Praha
Schools across Praha average a B, better than 71% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Flatonia ElB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Flatonia SecondaryA · 68% proficient
- Moulton H SB · 47% proficient
- Smithville H SB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Praha school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Praha 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 Praha against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Praha
Is Praha a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Praha ranks 19,438th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, short commutes, and low taxes, and lowest on summer heat and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Praha expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $180,378. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $81,025 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Praha safe?
Praha is safer than 34% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $420 per resident a year.
Compare Praha with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Praha. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Praha 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.
Praha detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Praha: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Praha: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Praha: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Praha: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Praha 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.