Best PlacesCarrizo Springs, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Carrizo Springs, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Carrizo Springs ranks 44,171st of 50,333 U.S. towns 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 Carrizo Springs
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.
Carrizo Springs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Carrizo Springs ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 194 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 95% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- BikingBetter than 84% of towns
Where Carrizo Springs ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 5% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 7% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Carrizo Springs
A household needs to earn about $30,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Carrizo Springs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $51,475, 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 Carrizo Springs' effective rate of 0.79%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Carrizo Springs
Carrizo Springs runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Carrizo Springs.
Who works in Carrizo Springs, and how
Work in Carrizo Springs centers on mining & oil & gas and hospitality & food. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 15%
Life in Carrizo Springs
Carrizo Springs has more restaurants and bars per resident than 88% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Carrizo Springs and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Carrizo Springs, month by month
Carrizo Springs sees roughly 194 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 102 degrees. January highs sit near 69, with lows near 44. The comfortable stretch runs October through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69° | 55° | 44° |
| April | 90° | 76° | 64° |
| July | 102° | 89° | 78° |
| October | 86° | 74° | 64° |
Flying in and out of Carrizo Springs
The nearest airport, Laredo International, is about 72 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 109 miles away.
The best schools in and around Carrizo Springs
Schools across Carrizo Springs average a D, better than 5% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Zavala ElD− · 14% proficient
- Carrizo Springs ElD− · 13% proficient
Top middle schools
- Carrizo Springs IntD · 22% proficient
- Carrizo Springs J HD− · 16% proficient
- Sterling H Fly Jr H SD− · 16% proficient
Top high schools
- Carrizo Springs H SD · 18% proficient
- Crystal City H SD− · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Carrizo Springs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Carrizo Springs 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 Carrizo Springs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Carrizo Springs
Is Carrizo Springs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Carrizo Springs ranks 44,171st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, walkability, and cell coverage, 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 Carrizo Springs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $116,316. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $51,475 median income, cost of living beats 22% of towns.
Is Carrizo Springs safe?
Carrizo Springs is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $730 per resident a year.
Compare Carrizo Springs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Carrizo Springs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Carrizo Springs 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.
Carrizo Springs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Carrizo Springs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Carrizo Springs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Carrizo Springs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Carrizo Springs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Carrizo Springs 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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