Best PlacesSpring Branch, Houston, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Spring Branch, Houston, 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.
Spring Branch, Houston ranks 3,406th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. The coast is about 38 minutes away. Its strengths are state finances and low taxes. The cost shows up in air quality, thin health care access, and disaster risk.
The best neighborhoods in Spring Branch, Houston
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.
Spring Branch, Houston's strengths and weaknesses
Spring Branch, Houston lands in the middle because its strengths and weaknesses roughly balance. State finances, low taxes, and good schools carry most of that.
The drawbacks are real but narrow. Air quality, thin health care access, and disaster risk hold the score down. That varies block to block rather than evenly, and the map below shows where.
Where Spring Branch, Houston ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- School gradeB, better than 84% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$842 a month, better than 83% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 79% of neighborhoods
Where Spring Branch, Houston ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 15% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than only 21% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Spring Branch, Houston
A household needs to earn about $119,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Spring Branch, Houston home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $79,138, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Spring Branch, Houston's effective rate of 1.31%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Spring Branch, Houston
Spring Branch, Houston 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 Spring Branch, Houston.
Who works in Spring Branch, Houston, and how
Work in Spring Branch, Houston centers on construction and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Spring Branch, Houston
Spring Branch, Houston has more restaurants and bars per resident than 70% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 38 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Spring Branch, Houston and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Spring Branch, Houston, month by month
Spring Branch, Houston sees roughly 137 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 49. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 55° | 49° |
| April | 80° | 71° | 64° |
| July | 94° | 85° | 79° |
| October | 83° | 74° | 67° |
Flying in and out of Spring Branch, Houston
George Bush Intcntl/Houston sits about 16 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 Spring Branch, Houston
Schools across Spring Branch, Houston average a B, better than 84% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Valley Oaks ElA · 67% proficient
- Lee ElC+ · 38% proficient
- Cedar Brook ElC+ · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cornerstone AcademyA+ · 75% proficient
- Spring Branch MiddleA− · 53% proficient
- Cook MiddleA− · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- Memorial H SA+ · 81% proficient
- Stratford H SA− · 60% proficient
- Jersey Village H SB+ · 57% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Spring Branch, Houston school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Spring Branch, Houston 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 Spring Branch, Houston against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who Spring Branch, Houston suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 11% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 70% of neighborhoods and it is quieter than 65%.
Common questions about living in Spring Branch, Houston
Is Spring Branch, Houston a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Spring Branch, Houston ranks 3,406th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on state finances, low taxes, and good schools, and lowest on air quality and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Spring Branch, Houston expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $424,302. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $79,138 median income, cost of living beats 61% of neighborhoods.
Is Spring Branch, Houston safe?
Spring Branch, Houston is safer than 32% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $709 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Spring Branch, Houston?
July highs average about 94 degrees, and January highs near 64 with lows near 49. That works out to about 137 pleasant days a year, more than 70% of neighborhoods.
Is Spring Branch, Houston good for families?
Schools beat 84% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 32%, and childcare runs $842 a month.
Is Spring Branch, Houston good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 61% of neighborhoods, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 68% of neighborhoods. About 11% of workers already work from home.
Compare Spring Branch, Houston with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Spring Branch, Houston. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Spring Branch, Houston 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.
Spring Branch, Houston detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Spring Branch, Houston: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Spring Branch, Houston: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Spring Branch, Houston: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Spring Branch, Houston: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Spring Branch, Houston 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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