Best PlacesRaccoon Bend, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Raccoon Bend, 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.
Raccoon Bend ranks 15,688th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Raccoon Bend
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.
Raccoon Bend's strengths and weaknesses
Where Raccoon Bend ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 155 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- QuietBetter than 91% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 88% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 87% of towns
Where Raccoon Bend ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 8% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 12% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Raccoon Bend
A household needs to earn about $140,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Raccoon Bend home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $102,966, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Raccoon Bend's effective rate of 0.79%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Raccoon Bend
Raccoon Bend 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 Raccoon Bend.
Who works in Raccoon Bend, and how
Work in Raccoon Bend centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Raccoon Bend
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Raccoon Bend.
What the weather is like in Raccoon Bend, month by month
Raccoon Bend sees roughly 155 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 65, with lows near 45. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 65° | 53° | 45° |
| April | 81° | 70° | 61° |
| July | 95° | 84° | 75° |
| October | 85° | 72° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Raccoon Bend
The nearest airport, Easterwood Field, is about 43 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is George Bush Intcntl/Houston, about 48 miles away.
The best schools in and around Raccoon Bend
Schools across Raccoon Bend average a C−, better than 26% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- O'bryant PriC · 33% proficient
- Hempstead ElD− · 12% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bellville J HC+ · 37% proficient
- Hempstead MiddleD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Bellville H SB · 48% proficient
- Hempstead H SD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Raccoon Bend school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Raccoon Bend 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 Raccoon Bend against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Raccoon Bend
Is Raccoon Bend a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Raccoon Bend ranks 15,688th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, low taxes, and quiet, and lowest on air quality and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Raccoon Bend expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $538,295. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $102,966 median income, cost of living beats 87% of towns.
Is Raccoon Bend safe?
Raccoon Bend is safer than 24% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $487 per resident a year.
Compare Raccoon Bend with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Raccoon Bend. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Raccoon Bend 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.
Raccoon Bend detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Raccoon Bend: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Raccoon Bend: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Raccoon Bend: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Raccoon Bend: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Raccoon Bend 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.
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