Best PlacesWebster, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Webster, 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.
Webster ranks 1,599th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Webster
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.
Webster's strengths and weaknesses
Where Webster ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 88% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 87% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 141 pleasant days a year, better than 80% of cities
Where Webster ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 3% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 5% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 11% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 12% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than only 13% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Webster
A household needs to earn about $71,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Webster home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $65,022; 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 Webster's effective rate of 1.57%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Webster
Webster 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 Webster.
Who works in Webster, and how
Work in Webster centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Webster
Webster has more restaurants and bars per resident than 94% of cities and more parkland per resident than 87% of cities. The coast is about 11 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Webster and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Webster, month by month
Webster sees roughly 141 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 48. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 55° | 48° |
| April | 79° | 71° | 63° |
| July | 93° | 84° | 78° |
| October | 82° | 73° | 66° |
Flying in and out of Webster
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 Webster
Schools across Webster average a B, better than 60% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Falcon Pass ElB+ · 54% proficient
- G W RobinsonB+ · 53% proficient
- Ralph Parr ElB+ · 51% proficient
Top middle schools
- Westbrook IntA+ · 69% proficient
- Brookside IntA− · 54% proficient
- Victory Lakes IntA− · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- Clear Springs H SA− · 65% proficient
- Clear Lake H SA− · 64% proficient
- Pasadena Memorial H SA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Webster school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Webster 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 Webster against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Webster suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 9% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Webster
Is Webster a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Webster ranks 1,599th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on cell coverage, low taxes, and state finances, and lowest on civic engagement and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Webster expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $245,806. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $65,022 median income, cost of living beats 36% of cities.
Is Webster safe?
Webster is safer than 13% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $564 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Webster?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 64 with lows near 48. That works out to about 141 pleasant days a year, more than 80% of cities.
Is Webster good for families?
Schools beat 60% of cities, crime safety beats 13%, and childcare runs $842 a month.
Compare Webster with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Webster. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Webster 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.
Webster detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Webster: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Webster: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Webster: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Webster: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Webster 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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