Best PlacesSpring Valley Village, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Spring Valley Village, 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 Valley Village ranks 926th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Spring Valley Village
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 Valley Village's strengths and weaknesses
Where Spring Valley Village ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$200,730 median, better than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
Where Spring Valley Village ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 12% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Spring Valley Village
A household needs to earn about $190,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Spring Valley Village home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $200,730, 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 Spring Valley Village's effective rate of 1.12%, 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 Valley Village
Spring Valley Village 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 Valley Village.
Who works in Spring Valley Village, and how
Work in Spring Valley Village centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Spring Valley Village
The coast is about 36 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Spring Valley Village, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Spring Valley Village, month by month
Spring Valley Village sees roughly 136 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 Valley Village
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 Valley Village
Schools across Spring Valley Village average an A, better than 97% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Spring Branch MiddleA− · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- Memorial H SA+ · 81% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Spring Valley Village school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Spring Valley Village 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 Valley Village against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Spring Valley Village
Is Spring Valley Village a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Spring Valley Village ranks 926th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and transit, and lowest on air quality and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Spring Valley Village expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $696,274. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $200,730 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Spring Valley Village safe?
Spring Valley Village is safer than 11% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $633 per resident a year.
Compare Spring Valley Village with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Spring Valley Village. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Spring Valley Village 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 Valley Village detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Spring Valley Village: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Spring Valley Village: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Spring Valley Village: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Spring Valley Village: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Spring Valley Village 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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