Best PlacesRichwood, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Richwood, 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.
Richwood ranks 20,144th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Richwood
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.
Richwood's strengths and weaknesses
Where Richwood ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- BikingBetter than 92% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 88% of towns
Where Richwood ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 10% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 12% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Richwood
A household needs to earn about $77,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Richwood home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $94,935, 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 Richwood's effective rate of 1.53%, 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 Richwood
Richwood runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Richwood.
Who works in Richwood, and how
Work in Richwood centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Richwood
The coast is about 14 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Richwood, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Richwood, month by month
Richwood sees roughly 137 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 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 | 80° | 71° | 62° |
| July | 93° | 83° | 75° |
| October | 84° | 72° | 63° |
Flying in and out of Richwood
William P Hobby sits about 41 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 Richwood
Schools across Richwood average a B−, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Westside ElB · 47% proficient
- Griffith ElB · 45% proficient
- Gladys Polk ElB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lake Jackson IntB+ · 50% proficient
- Clute IntC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Brazoswood H SB · 46% proficient
- Angleton H SB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Richwood school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Richwood 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 Richwood against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Richwood
Is Richwood a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Richwood ranks 20,144th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, transit, and low taxes, and lowest on disaster risk 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 Richwood expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $266,999. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $94,935 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Richwood safe?
Richwood is safer than 35% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $417 per resident a year.
Compare Richwood with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Richwood. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Richwood 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.
Richwood detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Richwood: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Richwood: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Richwood: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Richwood: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Richwood 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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