Best PlacesRomayor, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Romayor, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Romayor ranks 36,983rd 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 Romayor
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.
Romayor's strengths and weaknesses
Where Romayor ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 86% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 85% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 83% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 81% of towns
Where Romayor ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Short commute42.7 minutes each way, better than only 3% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Romayor
A household needs to earn about $71,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Romayor home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,829, 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 Romayor's effective rate of 1.18%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Romayor
Romayor 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 Romayor.
Who works in Romayor, and how
Work in Romayor centers on construction and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 97%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Romayor
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Romayor.
What the weather is like in Romayor, month by month
Romayor sees roughly 105 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 63, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs February through May and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63° | 50° | 41° |
| April | 80° | 68° | 57° |
| July | 95° | 83° | 74° |
| October | 83° | 69° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Romayor
George Bush Intcntl/Houston sits about 44 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 23.3 million passengers in 2025, with 214 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Romayor
Schools across Romayor average a B−, better than 61% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hardin ElB− · 41% proficient
- Tarkington ElB− · 40% proficient
- Tarkington Early Childhood SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hardin J HC+ · 36% proficient
- Shepherd MiddleD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Hardin H SB+ · 58% proficient
- Tarkington H SB− · 42% proficient
- Shepherd H SC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Romayor school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Romayor 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 Romayor against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Romayor
Is Romayor a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Romayor ranks 36,983rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, fast internet, and tree cover, and lowest on air quality and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Romayor expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $258,621. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $83,829 median income, cost of living beats 69% of towns.
Is Romayor safe?
Romayor is safer than 21% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $509 per resident a year.
Compare Romayor with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Romayor. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Romayor 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.
Romayor detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Romayor: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Romayor: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Romayor: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Romayor: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Romayor 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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