Best PlacesStablewood-Valley Hi North-Houston, Cypress, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Stablewood-Valley Hi North-Houston, Cypress, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Stablewood-Valley Hi North-Houston, Cypress ranks 1,457th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Stablewood-Valley Hi North-Houston, Cypress
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.
Stablewood-Valley Hi North-Houston, Cypress' strengths and weaknesses
Where Stablewood-Valley Hi North-Houston, Cypress ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- School gradeA, better than 95% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
Where Stablewood-Valley Hi North-Houston, Cypress ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Stablewood-Valley Hi North-Houston, Cypress
A household needs to earn about $93,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Stablewood-Valley Hi North-Houston, Cypress home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $119,833, 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 Stablewood-Valley Hi North-Houston, Cypress' effective rate of 1.56%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Stablewood-Valley Hi North-Houston, Cypress
Stablewood-Valley Hi North-Houston, Cypress 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 Stablewood-Valley Hi North-Houston, Cypress.
Who works in Stablewood-Valley Hi North-Houston, Cypress, and how
Work in Stablewood-Valley Hi North-Houston, Cypress centers on transportation & warehousing and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 26%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Stablewood-Valley Hi North-Houston, Cypress
Stablewood-Valley Hi North-Houston, Cypress has more parkland per resident than 93% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Stablewood-Valley Hi North-Houston, Cypress and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Stablewood-Valley Hi North-Houston, Cypress, month by month
Stablewood-Valley Hi North-Houston, Cypress sees roughly 112 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 65, with lows near 44. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 65° | 53° | 44° |
| April | 81° | 70° | 61° |
| July | 95° | 84° | 76° |
| October | 84° | 72° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Stablewood-Valley Hi North-Houston, Cypress
George Bush Intcntl/Houston sits about 20 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 Stablewood-Valley Hi North-Houston, Cypress
Schools across Stablewood-Valley Hi North-Houston, Cypress average an A, better than 95% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Sampson ElA+ · 77% proficient
- Farney ElA− · 56% proficient
- Black ElB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Spillane MiddleA+ · 76% proficient
- Goodson MiddleA · 66% proficient
Top high schools
- Cypress Woods H SA+ · 81% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Stablewood-Valley Hi North-Houston, Cypress school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Stablewood-Valley Hi North-Houston, Cypress 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 Stablewood-Valley Hi North-Houston, Cypress against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Stablewood-Valley Hi North-Houston, Cypress
Is Stablewood-Valley Hi North-Houston, Cypress a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Stablewood-Valley Hi North-Houston, Cypress ranks 1,457th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on a stable housing market, few empty homes, and good schools, and lowest on biking and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Stablewood-Valley Hi North-Houston, Cypress expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $321,200. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $119,833 median income, cost of living beats 91% of neighborhoods.
Is Stablewood-Valley Hi North-Houston, Cypress safe?
Yes, Stablewood-Valley Hi North-Houston, Cypress is safer than 91% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $269 per resident a year.
Compare Stablewood-Valley Hi North-Houston, Cypress with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Stablewood-Valley Hi North-Houston, Cypress. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Stablewood-Valley Hi North-Houston, Cypress 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.
Stablewood-Valley Hi North-Houston, Cypress detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Stablewood-Valley Hi North-Houston, Cypress: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Stablewood-Valley Hi North-Houston, Cypress: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Stablewood-Valley Hi North-Houston, Cypress: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Stablewood-Valley Hi North-Houston, Cypress: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Stablewood-Valley Hi North-Houston, Cypress 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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