Best PlacesSmith Point, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Smith Point, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Smith Point ranks 32,384th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Smith 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.
Smith Point's strengths and weaknesses
Where Smith Point ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 146 pleasant days a year, better than 91% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 91% of towns
- Household income$104,189 median, better than 87% of towns
Where Smith Point ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 5% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Smith Point
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Smith Point home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $104,189, 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 Smith Point's effective rate of 0.96%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Smith Point
Smith 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 Smith Point.
Who works in Smith Point, and how
Work in Smith Point centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Smith Point
The coast is about 9 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Smith Point, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Smith Point, month by month
Smith Point sees roughly 146 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 51. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 57° | 51° |
| April | 78° | 72° | 67° |
| July | 91° | 85° | 81° |
| October | 83° | 76° | 71° |
Flying in and out of Smith Point
William P Hobby sits about 35 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 Smith Point
Schools across Smith Point average a B−, better than 63% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Oppe ElA · 64% proficient
- Morgan El Magnet SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Parker ElC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Austin MiddleA+ · 70% proficient
- Anahuac MiddleB+ · 49% proficient
- Horace Mann J HC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Impact Early College H SA− · 62% proficient
- Anahuac H SB+ · 53% proficient
- Ball H SC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Smith Point school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Smith 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 Smith Point against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Smith Point
Is Smith Point a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Smith Point ranks 32,384th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, low taxes, and the weather, and lowest on disaster risk and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Smith Point expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $169,300. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $104,189 median income, cost of living beats 91% of towns.
Is Smith Point safe?
Smith Point is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $709 per resident a year.
Compare Smith Point with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Smith Point. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Smith 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.
Smith Point detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Smith Point: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Smith Point: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Smith Point: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Smith Point: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Smith 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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