Best PlacesRaywood, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Raywood, 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.
Raywood ranks 42,502nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Raywood
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.
Raywood's strengths and weaknesses
Where Raywood ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 85% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 117 pleasant days a year, better than 78% of towns
- Short commute25.3 minutes each way, better than 61% of towns
Where Raywood ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 5% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Raywood
A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Raywood home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,252, 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 Raywood's effective rate of 1.23%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Raywood
Raywood 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 Raywood.
Who works in Raywood, and how
Work in Raywood centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Raywood
The coast is about 42 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Raywood, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Raywood, month by month
Raywood sees roughly 117 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 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 | 80° | 69° | 61° |
| July | 93° | 83° | 76° |
| October | 84° | 71° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Raywood
The nearest airport, Jack Brooks Regional, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is George Bush Intcntl/Houston, about 41 miles away.
The best schools in and around Raywood
Schools across Raywood average a C, better than 34% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Devers ElA+ · 75% proficient
- Liberty ElC · 33% proficient
- Hull-daisetta ElF · 9% proficient
Top middle schools
- Devers JhA+ · 72% proficient
- Liberty MiddleB− · 41% proficient
- Hull-daisetta J HC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Liberty H SB · 48% proficient
- Hull-daisetta H SC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Raywood school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Raywood 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 Raywood against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Raywood
Is Raywood a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Raywood ranks 42,502nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, big-city access, and state finances, and lowest on air quality and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Raywood expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $225,640. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $71,252 median income, cost of living beats 46% of towns.
Is Raywood safe?
Raywood is safer than 16% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $545 per resident a year.
Compare Raywood with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Raywood. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Raywood 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.
Raywood detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Raywood: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Raywood: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Raywood: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Raywood: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Raywood 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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