Best PlacesTrinity-Houston Gardens, Houston, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Trinity-Houston Gardens, Houston, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Trinity-Houston Gardens, Houston ranks 5,864th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. Disaster risk pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on a stable housing market.
The best neighborhoods in Trinity-Houston Gardens, Houston
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-Houston Gardens, Houston's strengths and weaknesses
Where Trinity-Houston Gardens, Houston ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$842 a month, better than 83% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 71% of neighborhoods
Where Trinity-Houston Gardens, Houston ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Trinity-Houston Gardens, Houston
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Trinity-Houston Gardens, Houston home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $49,434, 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-Houston Gardens, Houston's effective rate of 0.87%, 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 Trinity-Houston Gardens, Houston
Trinity-Houston Gardens, Houston 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 Trinity-Houston Gardens, Houston.
Who works in Trinity-Houston Gardens, Houston, and how
Work in Trinity-Houston Gardens, Houston centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Trinity-Houston Gardens, Houston
Trinity-Houston Gardens, Houston has more parkland per resident than 78% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 27 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Trinity-Houston Gardens, Houston and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Trinity-Houston Gardens, Houston, month by month
Trinity-Houston Gardens, Houston sees roughly 132 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 Trinity-Houston Gardens, Houston
George Bush Intcntl/Houston sits about 11 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-Houston Gardens, Houston
Schools across Trinity-Houston Gardens, Houston average a D−, better than 12% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Cook Jr ElD · 20% proficient
- Shadydale ElD− · 14% proficient
- Mcgowen ElF · 10% proficient
Top middle schools
- Key MiddleD− · 17% proficient
- Forest Brook MiddleF · 12% proficient
Top high schools
- North Forest H SD · 21% proficient
- Kashmere H SD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Trinity-Houston Gardens, Houston school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Trinity-Houston Gardens, Houston 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-Houston Gardens, Houston against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Trinity-Houston Gardens, Houston
Is Trinity-Houston Gardens, Houston a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Trinity-Houston Gardens, Houston ranks 5,864th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on a stable housing market, state finances, and low taxes, and lowest on disaster risk and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Trinity-Houston Gardens, Houston expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $134,372. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $49,434 median income, cost of living beats 18% of neighborhoods.
Is Trinity-Houston Gardens, Houston safe?
Trinity-Houston Gardens, Houston is safer than 9% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,112 per resident a year.
Compare Trinity-Houston Gardens, Houston with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Trinity-Houston Gardens, Houston. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Trinity-Houston Gardens, Houston 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-Houston Gardens, Houston detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Trinity-Houston Gardens, Houston: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Trinity-Houston Gardens, Houston: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Trinity-Houston Gardens, Houston: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Trinity-Houston Gardens, Houston: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Trinity-Houston Gardens, Houston 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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