Best PlacesAtascosa County, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Atascosa County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Atascosa County ranks 1,260th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Atascosa County
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.
Atascosa County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Atascosa County ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 169 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of counties
- Local economyBetter than 93% of counties
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 90% of counties
- Disaster safetyBetter than 89% of counties
- Big-city accessBetter than 78% of counties
Where Atascosa County ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than only 6% of counties
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 7% of counties
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 8% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than only 14% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Atascosa County
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Atascosa County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,170, 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 Atascosa County's effective rate of 1.17%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Atascosa County
Atascosa County 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 Atascosa County.
Who works in Atascosa County, and how
Work in Atascosa County centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Atascosa County
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Atascosa County.
Is Atascosa County growing, and who is moving in?
Atascosa County has grown about 11% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the San Antonio, TX metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Atascosa County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Atascosa County, month by month
Atascosa County sees roughly 169 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 99 degrees. January highs sit near 68, 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 | 68° | 53° | 43° |
| April | 85° | 71° | 61° |
| July | 99° | 85° | 75° |
| October | 87° | 73° | 62° |
Flying in and out of Atascosa County
San Antonio International sits about 35 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.3 million passengers in 2025, with 87 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Atascosa County
Schools across Atascosa County average a C, better than 43% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Jourdanton ElB− · 41% proficient
- S/sgt Michael P Barrera Veterans ElC+ · 38% proficient
- Pleasanton ElC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jourdanton J HB− · 40% proficient
- Pleasanton J HC+ · 38% proficient
- Savannah Heights IntC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Shirleen Zacharias Early Clge Leadership AcademyA− · 63% proficient
- Jourdanton H SB+ · 58% proficient
- Pleasanton H SB+ · 54% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Atascosa County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Atascosa County 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 Atascosa County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Atascosa County suits
Families
Schools land around the 43rd percentile and crime safety beats 57%.
Common questions about living in Atascosa County
Is Atascosa County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Atascosa County ranks 1,260th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on the weather, a strong job market, and low taxes, and lowest on thin health care access and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Atascosa County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $185,258. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $72,170 median income, cost of living beats 55% of counties.
Is Atascosa County safe?
Yes, Atascosa County is safer than 57% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $395 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Atascosa County?
July highs average about 99 degrees, and January highs near 68 with lows near 43. That works out to about 169 pleasant days a year, more than 97% of counties.
Is Atascosa County good for families?
Schools beat 43% of counties, crime safety beats 57%, and childcare runs $783 a month.
Compare Atascosa County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Atascosa County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Atascosa County 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.
Atascosa County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Atascosa County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Atascosa County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Atascosa County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Atascosa County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Atascosa County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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