Best PlacesSeadrift, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Seadrift, 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.
Seadrift ranks 19,766th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Seadrift
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.
Seadrift's strengths and weaknesses
Where Seadrift ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 215 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 93% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Short commute18.7 minutes each way, better than 92% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 92% of towns
Where Seadrift ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Seadrift
A household needs to earn about $65,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Seadrift home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $97,699, 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 Seadrift's effective rate of 0.71%, 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 Seadrift
Seadrift's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Seadrift.
Who works in Seadrift, and how
Work in Seadrift centers on public administration and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 21%
Life in Seadrift
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Seadrift.
What the weather is like in Seadrift, month by month
Seadrift sees roughly 215 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 68, with lows near 45. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68° | 55° | 45° |
| April | 81° | 71° | 63° |
| July | 91° | 83° | 75° |
| October | 84° | 73° | 63° |
Flying in and out of Seadrift
The nearest airport, Victoria Regional, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is William P Hobby, about 121 miles away.
The best schools in and around Seadrift
Schools across Seadrift average a B−, better than 59% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Port O Connor SchoolB− · 44% proficient
- Seadrift SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Travis MiddleC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Calhoun H SB+ · 51% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Seadrift school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Seadrift 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 Seadrift against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Seadrift
Is Seadrift a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Seadrift ranks 19,766th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, what local pay buys, and low taxes, and lowest on disaster risk and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Seadrift expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $252,482. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $97,699 median income, cost of living beats 93% of towns.
Is Seadrift safe?
Seadrift is safer than 2% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,047 per resident a year.
Compare Seadrift with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Seadrift. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Seadrift 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.
Seadrift detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Seadrift: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Seadrift: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Seadrift: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Seadrift: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Seadrift 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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