Best PlacesSunset Valley, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sunset Valley, 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.
Sunset Valley ranks 6,067th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Sunset Valley
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.
Sunset Valley's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sunset Valley ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of towns
Where Sunset Valley ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 11% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sunset Valley
A household needs to earn about $214,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sunset Valley home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $93,830, 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 Sunset Valley's effective rate of 1.22%, 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 Sunset Valley
Sunset Valley runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sunset Valley.
Who works in Sunset Valley, and how
Work in Sunset Valley centers on professional & technical and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 55%
- Work from home 42%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Sunset Valley
Sunset Valley has more restaurants and bars per resident than 96% of towns and more parkland per resident than 97% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Sunset Valley and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Sunset Valley, month by month
Sunset Valley sees roughly 159 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 99 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 52° | 43° |
| April | 82° | 70° | 60° |
| July | 99° | 86° | 76° |
| October | 85° | 72° | 62° |
Flying in and out of Sunset Valley
Austin-Bergstrom International sits about 9 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 10.7 million passengers in 2025, with 127 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Sunset Valley
Schools across Sunset Valley average a C+, better than 41% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Patton ElB · 46% proficient
- Sunset Valley ElC · 35% proficient
- Cunningham ElC− · 29% proficient
Top middle schools
- Small MiddleC+ · 37% proficient
- Covington MiddleC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Crockett EchsC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sunset Valley school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sunset Valley 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 Sunset Valley against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sunset Valley
Is Sunset Valley a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sunset Valley ranks 6,067th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, biking, and an educated workforce, and lowest on summer heat and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sunset Valley expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $775,421. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $93,830 median income, cost of living beats 90% of towns.
Is Sunset Valley safe?
Sunset Valley is safer than 9% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $649 per resident a year.
Compare Sunset Valley with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sunset Valley. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sunset Valley 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.
Sunset Valley detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sunset Valley: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sunset Valley: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sunset Valley: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sunset Valley: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sunset Valley 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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