Best PlacesSandy Point, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sandy Point, 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.
Sandy Point ranks 27,979th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Sandy Point
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.
Sandy Point's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sandy Point ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 95% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 91% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 85% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 83% of towns
Where Sandy Point ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 5% of towns
- Short commute37.5 minutes each way, better than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sandy Point
A household needs to earn about $80,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sandy Point home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $97,664, 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 Sandy Point's effective rate of 1.88%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Sandy Point
Sandy Point 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 Sandy Point.
Who works in Sandy Point, and how
Work in Sandy Point centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 0%
Life in Sandy Point
The coast is about 40 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Sandy Point, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Sandy Point, month by month
Sandy Point sees roughly 115 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 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° | 54° | 45° |
| April | 80° | 70° | 60° |
| July | 94° | 83° | 74° |
| October | 84° | 71° | 62° |
Flying in and out of Sandy Point
William P Hobby sits about 22 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 Sandy Point
Schools across Sandy Point average a B−, better than 60% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Frontier ElA− · 61% proficient
- Meridiana ElC+ · 38% proficient
- Bel Nafegar Sanchez ElD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ronald Thornton MiddleB · 45% proficient
- Danbury MiddleC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Ridge Point H SA · 69% proficient
- Manvel H SB+ · 54% proficient
- Angleton H SB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sandy Point school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sandy Point 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 Sandy Point against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sandy Point
Is Sandy Point a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sandy Point ranks 27,979th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, low taxes, and big-city access, and lowest on disaster risk and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sandy Point expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $266,025. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $97,664 median income, cost of living beats 85% of towns.
Is Sandy Point safe?
Yes, Sandy Point is safer than 55% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $377 per resident a year.
Compare Sandy Point with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sandy Point. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sandy Point 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.
Sandy Point detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sandy Point: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sandy Point: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sandy Point: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sandy Point: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sandy Point 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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