Best PlacesVotaw, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Votaw, 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.
Votaw ranks 47,193rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Votaw
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.
Votaw's strengths and weaknesses
Where Votaw ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 85% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 131 pleasant days a year, better than 85% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 80% of towns
Where Votaw ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 4% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of towns
- Household income$44,878 median, better than only 7% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Votaw
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Votaw home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $44,878; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Votaw's effective rate of 1.17%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Votaw
Votaw runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, 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 Votaw.
Who works in Votaw, and how
Work in Votaw centers on hospitality & food and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 98%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 0%
Life in Votaw
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Votaw.
What the weather is like in Votaw, month by month
Votaw sees roughly 131 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 65, with lows near 45. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 65° | 53° | 45° |
| April | 80° | 69° | 61° |
| July | 93° | 83° | 76° |
| October | 84° | 71° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Votaw
George Bush Intcntl/Houston sits about 50 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 Votaw
Schools across Votaw average a D+, better than 17% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hardin ElB− · 41% proficient
- Kountze IntC+ · 35% proficient
- West Hardin ElD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hardin J HC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Hardin H SB+ · 58% proficient
- Kountze H SC+ · 37% proficient
- West Hardin H SD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Votaw school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Votaw 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 Votaw against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Votaw
Is Votaw a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Votaw ranks 47,193rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, tree cover, and the weather, and lowest on education levels and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Votaw expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $167,635. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $44,878 median income, cost of living beats 6% of towns.
Is Votaw safe?
Votaw is safer than 11% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $610 per resident a year.
Compare Votaw with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Votaw. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Votaw 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.
Votaw detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Votaw: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Votaw: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Votaw: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Votaw: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Votaw 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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