Best PlacesSimonton, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Simonton, 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.
Simonton ranks 4,131st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Simonton
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.
Simonton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Simonton ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$135,497 median, better than 96% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 90% of towns
Where Simonton ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Short commute37.4 minutes each way, better than only 9% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Simonton
A household needs to earn about $134,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Simonton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $135,497, 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 Simonton's effective rate of 2.02%, 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 Simonton
Simonton runs older 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 Simonton.
Who works in Simonton, and how
Work in Simonton centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Simonton
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Simonton.
What the weather is like in Simonton, month by month
Simonton sees roughly 126 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 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° | 53° | 45° |
| April | 81° | 70° | 61° |
| July | 95° | 84° | 75° |
| October | 85° | 72° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Simonton
William P Hobby sits about 43 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 Simonton
Schools across Simonton average an A, better than 90% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Huggins ElA− · 60% proficient
- Brazos ElC · 33% proficient
- Selman ElC · 31% proficient
Top middle schools
- Briscoe J HA · 60% proficient
- Brazos MiddleA− · 58% proficient
- Sealy J HB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Foster H SA · 71% proficient
- Brazos H SB · 48% proficient
- Sealy H SB · 46% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Simonton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Simonton 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 Simonton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Simonton
Is Simonton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Simonton ranks 4,131st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, what local pay buys, and high incomes, and lowest on property taxes and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Simonton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $437,724. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $135,497 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Simonton safe?
Yes, Simonton is safer than 62% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $312 per resident a year.
Compare Simonton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Simonton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Simonton 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.
Simonton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Simonton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Simonton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Simonton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Simonton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Simonton 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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