Best PlacesTrinity, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Trinity, 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 ranks 44,684th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Trinity
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's strengths and weaknesses
Where Trinity ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
- Cheap childcare$594 a month, better than 79% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 78% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 74% of towns
Where Trinity ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of towns
- Short commute40.0 minutes each way, better than only 5% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 15% of towns
- Household income$52,404 median, better than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Trinity
A household needs to earn about $31,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Trinity home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $52,404, 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's effective rate of 1.10%, 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 4 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
Trinity 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.
Who works in Trinity, and how
Work in Trinity centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Trinity
Trinity has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Trinity and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Trinity, month by month
Trinity sees roughly 104 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
George Bush Intcntl/Houston sits about 65 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
Schools across Trinity average a C−, better than 22% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Onalaska ElB− · 43% proficient
- Lovelady ElC+ · 38% proficient
- Groveton ElC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lincoln J HD · 22% proficient
- Trinity J HD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Lovelady J H H SB+ · 57% proficient
- Onalaska Jr/sr HighB+ · 54% proficient
- Coldspring-oakhurst H SC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Trinity school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Trinity 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 against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Trinity
Is Trinity a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Trinity ranks 44,684th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, state finances, and affordable childcare, and lowest on summer heat 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 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $115,222. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $52,404 median income, cost of living beats 18% of towns.
Is Trinity safe?
Trinity is safer than 20% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $524 per resident a year.
Compare Trinity with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Trinity. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Trinity 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 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Trinity: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Trinity: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Trinity: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Trinity: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Trinity 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.