Best PlacesRichmond, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Richmond, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages hide a wide spread here, so the area matters as much as the address. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Richmond ranks 67th of 445 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. Paychecks stretch further here than almost anywhere else: the median household brings in $120,034, everyday costs sit below the national average, and a strong job market ranks near the top of the country. The main drawbacks are walkability, transit, and biking.
The best neighborhoods in Richmond
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.
The best areas in Richmond
The parts of Richmond, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the city.
Southern Richmond
It is quieter, commutes are shorter, and health care is easier to reach.
Long Meadow Farms
More adults hold degrees and more households have young kids.
Fieldstone
Crime runs lower, though local pay stretches less far.
Northeastern Richmond
Incomes run lower and prices have run up more.
Borden's Addition
Disaster risk is higher and health outcomes score lower.
Southwestern Richmond
Homes cost less, though schools score lower.
Richmond shows why a single number is not enough. Some neighborhoods score in the bottom 5% of the country and others in the top 2%. Pick the area first, then the home.
Richmond's strengths and weaknesses
Richmond ranks where it does because the parts of life that are hardest to change mostly work here. A strong job market is the standout, in the top 1% of cities. What local pay buys and population health follow.
The one real hole is walkability, near the bottom of the country. Transit and biking also cost it ground. The measures below break that down, and the map shows how much of it holds street by street.
Where Richmond ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 94% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than 93% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 90% of cities
- Household income$120,034 median, better than 86% of cities
Where Richmond ranks low
- WalkabilityBetter than only 4% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 5% of cities
- BikingBetter than only 5% of cities
- Short commute33.6 minutes each way, better than only 6% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 8% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Richmond
A household needs to earn about $114,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Richmond home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $120,034, 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 Richmond's effective rate of 1.69%, 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 Richmond
Richmond 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 Richmond.
Who works in Richmond, and how
Work in Richmond centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Richmond
Richmond has more parkland per resident than 81% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Richmond and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Richmond, month by month
Richmond sees roughly 127 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 46. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 55° | 46° |
| April | 82° | 71° | 62° |
| July | 95° | 85° | 76° |
| October | 85° | 73° | 63° |
Flying in and out of Richmond
William P Hobby sits about 27 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 6.8 million passengers in 2025, with 101 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Richmond
Schools across Richmond average a B+, better than 84% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Hazel S Pattison ElA+ · 84% proficient
- Commonwealth ElA+ · 79% proficient
- Roosevelt Alexander ElA+ · 75% proficient
Top middle schools
- Seven Lakes J HA+ · 84% proficient
- Beckendorff J HA+ · 82% proficient
- Garland Mcmeans J HA+ · 80% proficient
Top high schools
- Seven Lakes H SA+ · 90% proficient
- Kerr H SA+ · 85% proficient
- Clements H SA+ · 80% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Richmond school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Richmond 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 Richmond against the other 444 cities.
Who Richmond suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 94% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 19% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Richmond
Is Richmond a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Richmond ranks 67th of 445 cities. It scores highest on a strong job market, what local pay buys, and population health, and lowest on walkability and transit. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Richmond expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $388,126. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $120,034 median income, cost of living beats 94% of cities.
Is Richmond safe?
Yes, Richmond is safer than 90% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $306 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Richmond?
July highs average about 95 degrees, and January highs near 66 with lows near 46. That works out to about 127 pleasant days a year, more than 62% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Richmond?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Southern Richmond, Long Meadow Farms, and Fieldstone. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Richmond good for families?
Schools beat 84% of cities, crime safety beats 90%, and childcare runs $842 a month.
Is Richmond good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 94% of cities, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 84% of cities. About 19% of workers already work from home.
Compare Richmond with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Richmond. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Richmond 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.
Richmond detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Richmond: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Richmond: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Richmond: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Richmond: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Richmond 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.