Best PlacesTrinity County, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Trinity County, 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.
Trinity County ranks 2,856th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Trinity County
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.
Trinity County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Trinity County ranks high
- QuietBetter than 91% of counties
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 90% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than 82% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 81% of counties
- Big-city accessBetter than 77% of counties
Where Trinity County ranks low
- Short commute38.6 minutes each way, better than only 1% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of counties
- Internet speedBetter than only 2% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of counties
- Low vacancyBetter than only 6% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Trinity County
A household needs to earn about $32,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Trinity County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,569, 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 Trinity County's effective rate of 0.99%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Trinity County
Trinity County runs older 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 Trinity County.
Who works in Trinity County, and how
Work in Trinity County centers on public administration and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Trinity County
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Trinity County.
Is Trinity County growing, and who is moving in?
Trinity County has grown about 1% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Abilene, TX.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Trinity County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Trinity County, month by month
Trinity County sees roughly 98 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 63, 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 | 63° | 51° | 43° |
| April | 81° | 69° | 60° |
| July | 96° | 85° | 76° |
| October | 83° | 71° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Trinity County
George Bush Intcntl/Houston sits about 70 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 Trinity County
Schools across Trinity County average a C, better than 34% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Groveton ElC · 33% proficient
- Lansberry ElC · 31% proficient
- Apple Springs ElD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- Diboll J HB− · 39% proficient
- Corrigan-camden J HC− · 28% proficient
- Trinity J HD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Lovelady J H H SB+ · 57% proficient
- Onalaska Jr/sr HighB+ · 54% proficient
- Groveton J H-h SB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Trinity County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Trinity County 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 Trinity County against the other 3,143 counties.
Common questions about living in Trinity County
Is Trinity County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Trinity County ranks 2,856th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on quiet, low taxes, and tree cover, and lowest on long commutes and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Trinity County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $119,734. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $54,569 median income, cost of living beats 14% of counties.
Is Trinity County safe?
Trinity County is safer than 23% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $528 per resident a year.
Compare Trinity County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Trinity County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Trinity County 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.
Trinity County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Trinity County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Trinity County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Trinity County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Trinity County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Trinity County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.