Best PlacesSpring Branch, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Spring Branch, 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.
Spring Branch ranks 2,852nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Spring Branch
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's strengths and weaknesses
Where Spring Branch ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 94% of towns
- Household income$120,026 median, better than 93% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 147 pleasant days a year, better than 92% of towns
Where Spring Branch ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Short commute37.7 minutes each way, better than only 8% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 22% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 29% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 35% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Spring Branch
A household needs to earn about $131,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Spring Branch home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $120,026; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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's effective rate of 1.04%, 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
Spring Branch runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Spring Branch.
Who works in Spring Branch, and how
Work in Spring Branch centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Spring Branch
Spring Branch has more restaurants and bars per resident than 67% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Spring Branch and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Spring Branch, month by month
Spring Branch sees roughly 147 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 52° | 41° |
| April | 84° | 70° | 59° |
| July | 98° | 85° | 74° |
| October | 86° | 72° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Spring Branch
San Antonio International sits about 25 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.3 million passengers in 2025, with 87 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Spring Branch
Schools across Spring Branch average an A−, better than 89% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Arlon R Seay ElA · 65% proficient
- Johnson Ranch ElA · 62% proficient
- Bill Brown ElA− · 57% proficient
Top middle schools
- Smithson Valley MiddleA+ · 68% proficient
- Spring Branch MiddleA · 66% proficient
- Mt Valley MiddleA− · 58% proficient
Top high schools
- Memorial Early College H S With St Philip'sA+ · 82% proficient
- Smithson Valley H SA · 72% proficient
- Canyon Lake H SB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Spring Branch school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Spring Branch 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 against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Spring Branch
Is Spring Branch a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Spring Branch ranks 2,852nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, a strong job market, and high incomes, and lowest on summer heat and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Spring Branch expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $484,416. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $120,026 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is Spring Branch safe?
Yes, Spring Branch is safer than 73% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $317 per resident a year.
Compare Spring Branch with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Spring Branch. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Spring Branch 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 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Spring Branch: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Spring Branch: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Spring Branch: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Spring Branch: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Spring Branch 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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