Best PlacesWashington Avenue-Memorial Park, Houston, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Washington Avenue-Memorial Park, 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.
Washington Avenue-Memorial Park, Houston ranks 1,123rd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Washington Avenue-Memorial Park, 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.
Washington Avenue-Memorial Park, Houston's strengths and weaknesses
Where Washington Avenue-Memorial Park, Houston ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 92% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
Where Washington Avenue-Memorial Park, Houston ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 15% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than only 27% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 29% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Washington Avenue-Memorial Park, Houston
A household needs to earn about $165,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Washington Avenue-Memorial Park, Houston home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $113,480, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Washington Avenue-Memorial Park, Houston's effective rate of 1.67%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Washington Avenue-Memorial Park, Houston
Washington Avenue-Memorial Park, Houston runs younger 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 Washington Avenue-Memorial Park, Houston.
Who works in Washington Avenue-Memorial Park, Houston, and how
Work in Washington Avenue-Memorial Park, Houston centers on professional & technical and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 63%
- Work from home 33%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Washington Avenue-Memorial Park, Houston
Washington Avenue-Memorial Park, Houston has more restaurants and bars per resident than 80% of neighborhoods and more parkland per resident than 99% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 27 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Washington Avenue-Memorial Park, Houston and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Washington Avenue-Memorial Park, Houston, month by month
Washington Avenue-Memorial Park, Houston sees roughly 138 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 Washington Avenue-Memorial Park, Houston
William P Hobby sits about 11 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 Washington Avenue-Memorial Park, Houston
Schools across Washington Avenue-Memorial Park, Houston average a C+, better than 52% of neighborhoods.
Top middle schools
- Lanier MiddleA+ · 80% proficient
- Hogg MiddleB+ · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- Lamar H SB+ · 54% proficient
- Heights H SB · 48% proficient
- Waltrip H SC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Washington Avenue-Memorial Park, Houston school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Washington Avenue-Memorial Park, 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 Washington Avenue-Memorial Park, Houston against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Washington Avenue-Memorial Park, Houston
Is Washington Avenue-Memorial Park, Houston a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Washington Avenue-Memorial Park, Houston ranks 1,123rd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on a strong job market, population health, and what local pay buys, and lowest on air quality and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Washington Avenue-Memorial Park, Houston expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $563,326. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $113,480 median income, cost of living beats 92% of neighborhoods.
Is Washington Avenue-Memorial Park, Houston safe?
Washington Avenue-Memorial Park, Houston is safer than 41% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $593 per resident a year.
Compare Washington Avenue-Memorial Park, Houston with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Washington Avenue-Memorial Park, Houston. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Washington Avenue-Memorial Park, 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.
Washington Avenue-Memorial Park, Houston detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Washington Avenue-Memorial Park, Houston: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Washington Avenue-Memorial Park, Houston: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Washington Avenue-Memorial Park, Houston: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Washington Avenue-Memorial Park, Houston: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Washington Avenue-Memorial Park, 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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