Best PlacesVan Vleck, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Van Vleck, 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.
Van Vleck ranks 37,145th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Van Vleck
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.
Van Vleck's strengths and weaknesses
Where Van Vleck ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 158 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 87% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 83% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 82% of towns
Where Van Vleck ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 10% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Van Vleck
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Van Vleck home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $59,585, 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 Van Vleck's effective rate of 1.16%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Van Vleck
Van Vleck runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Van Vleck.
Who works in Van Vleck, and how
Work in Van Vleck centers on other services and utilities. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Van Vleck
The coast is about 51 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Van Vleck, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Van Vleck, month by month
Van Vleck sees roughly 158 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 46. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 55° | 46° |
| April | 80° | 71° | 62° |
| July | 92° | 83° | 76° |
| October | 84° | 72° | 63° |
Flying in and out of Van Vleck
William P Hobby sits about 57 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 6.8 million passengers in 2025, with 101 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Van Vleck
Schools across Van Vleck average a C+, better than 46% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Van Vleck ElC+ · 38% proficient
- Van Vleck IntC− · 30% proficient
- Tenie Holmes ElD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bay City J HC+ · 36% proficient
- Van Vleck Jr H SC− · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Van Vleck H SB− · 45% proficient
- Bay City H SB− · 41% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Van Vleck school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Van Vleck 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 Van Vleck against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Van Vleck
Is Van Vleck a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Van Vleck ranks 37,145th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, low taxes, and cell coverage, and lowest on disaster risk and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Van Vleck expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $186,041. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $59,585 median income, cost of living beats 41% of towns.
Is Van Vleck safe?
Van Vleck is safer than 10% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $662 per resident a year.
Compare Van Vleck with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Van Vleck. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Van Vleck 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.
Van Vleck detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Van Vleck: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Van Vleck: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Van Vleck: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Van Vleck: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Van Vleck 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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