Best PlacesWoodbranch, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Woodbranch, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Woodbranch ranks 31,410th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Woodbranch
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.
Woodbranch's strengths and weaknesses
Where Woodbranch ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 92% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 90% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 84% of towns
Where Woodbranch ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Short commute37.1 minutes each way, better than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Woodbranch
A household needs to earn about $83,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Woodbranch home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $93,639, 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 Woodbranch's effective rate of 1.59%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Woodbranch
Woodbranch's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Woodbranch.
Who works in Woodbranch, and how
Work in Woodbranch centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Woodbranch
Woodbranch has more restaurants and bars per resident than 95% of towns. The coast is about 46 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Woodbranch and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Woodbranch, month by month
Woodbranch sees roughly 95 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 67, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 67° | 54° | 43° |
| April | 82° | 70° | 59° |
| July | 96° | 85° | 76° |
| October | 86° | 72° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Woodbranch
George Bush Intcntl/Houston sits about 16 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 Woodbranch
Schools across Woodbranch average a C−, better than 28% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Tavola ElC− · 27% proficient
- Piney Woods ElD+ · 24% proficient
- Peach Creek ElD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Splendora J HC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- New Caney H SC · 33% proficient
- Splendora H SC− · 29% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Woodbranch school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Woodbranch 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 Woodbranch against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Woodbranch
Is Woodbranch a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Woodbranch ranks 31,410th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, low taxes, and fast internet, and lowest on air quality and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Woodbranch expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $287,650. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $93,639 median income, cost of living beats 83% of towns.
Is Woodbranch safe?
Woodbranch is safer than 17% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $554 per resident a year.
Compare Woodbranch with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Woodbranch. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Woodbranch 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.
Woodbranch detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Woodbranch: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Woodbranch: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Woodbranch: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Woodbranch: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Woodbranch 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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