Best PlacesWinnie, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Winnie, 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.
Winnie ranks 30,292nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Winnie
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.
Winnie's strengths and weaknesses
Where Winnie ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 90% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 80% of towns
Where Winnie ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 7% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 10% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Winnie
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Winnie home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $80,801, 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 Winnie's effective rate of 1.06%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Winnie
Winnie runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Winnie.
Who works in Winnie, and how
Work in Winnie centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 14%
Life in Winnie
Winnie has more restaurants and bars per resident than 92% of towns and more parkland per resident than 95% of towns. The coast is about 22 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Winnie and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Winnie, month by month
Winnie sees roughly 117 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 Winnie
The nearest airport, Jack Brooks Regional, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is William P Hobby, about 55 miles away.
The best schools in and around Winnie
Schools across Winnie average a B, better than 70% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Devers ElA+ · 75% proficient
- Hamshire-fannett ElB+ · 55% proficient
- East Chambers ElB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Devers JhA+ · 72% proficient
- Henderson MiddleA− · 55% proficient
- Anahuac MiddleB+ · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- Hardin-jefferson H SA · 69% proficient
- Anahuac H SB+ · 53% proficient
- East Chambers H SB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Winnie school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Winnie 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 Winnie against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Winnie
Is Winnie a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Winnie ranks 30,292nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, low taxes, and a stable housing market, 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 Winnie expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $191,356. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $80,801 median income, cost of living beats 60% of towns.
Is Winnie safe?
Winnie is safer than 31% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $447 per resident a year.
Compare Winnie with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Winnie. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Winnie 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.
Winnie detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Winnie: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Winnie: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Winnie: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Winnie: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Winnie 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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