Best Places79922, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 79922, 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.
79922 ranks 3,851st of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 79922
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.
79922's strengths and weaknesses
Where 79922 ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of zip codes
- Nice weatherabout 178 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of zip codes
- Household income$124,246 median, better than 91% of zip codes
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 91% of zip codes
- Health outlookBetter than 91% of zip codes
Where 79922 ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of zip codes
- Tree shadeBetter than only 7% of zip codes
- Air qualityBetter than only 8% of zip codes
- Crime safetyBetter than only 21% of zip codes
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 22% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 79922
A household needs to earn about $108,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 79922 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $124,246, 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 79922's effective rate of 1.78%, 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 79922
79922 runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 79922.
Who works in 79922, and how
Work in 79922 centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in 79922
79922 has more restaurants and bars per resident than 96% of zip codes and more parkland per resident than 91% of zip codes. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of 79922 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 79922, month by month
79922 sees roughly 178 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 44° | 32° |
| April | 81° | 67° | 51° |
| July | 97° | 84° | 72° |
| October | 80° | 66° | 53° |
Flying in and out of 79922
The nearest airport, El Paso International, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 222 miles away.
The best schools in and around 79922
Schools across 79922 average a B−, better than 65% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Zach White ElC+ · 37% proficient
- Mesita ElC− · 29% proficient
- Aoy ElC− · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wiggs MiddleB · 44% proficient
- Santa Teresa MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
- Guillen MiddleF · 12% proficient
Top high schools
- Transmountain Early College H SA · 73% proficient
- Santa Teresa HighC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 79922 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
79922 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 79922 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 79922
Is 79922 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 79922 ranks 3,851st of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on what local pay buys, the weather, and high incomes, and lowest on property taxes and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 79922 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $364,631. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $124,246 median income, cost of living beats 97% of zip codes.
Is 79922 safe?
79922 is safer than 21% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $632 per resident a year.
Compare 79922 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 79922. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 79922 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.
79922 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 79922: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 79922: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 79922: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 79922: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
79922 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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