Best PlacesChoate, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Choate, 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.
Choate ranks 43,927th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Choate
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.
Choate's strengths and weaknesses
Where Choate ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 170 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- Short commute17.1 minutes each way, better than 95% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 85% of towns
- QuietBetter than 82% of towns
Where Choate ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$39,558 median, better than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Choate
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Choate home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $39,558; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Choate's effective rate of 0.43%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Choate
Choate runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Choate.
Who works in Choate, and how
Work in Choate centers on information and mining & oil & gas. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Choate
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Choate.
What the weather is like in Choate, month by month
Choate sees roughly 170 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 68, with lows near 45. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68° | 55° | 45° |
| April | 84° | 72° | 62° |
| July | 96° | 84° | 75° |
| October | 87° | 74° | 64° |
Flying in and out of Choate
The nearest airport, Victoria Regional, is about 50 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 69 miles away.
The best schools in and around Choate
Schools across Choate average a D+, better than 18% of towns.
Top elementary schools
Top middle schools
- Karnes City J HC+ · 35% proficient
- Kenedy MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Kenedy H SC · 32% proficient
- Karnes City H SC− · 28% proficient
- Runge H SD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Choate school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Choate 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 Choate against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Choate
Is Choate a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Choate ranks 43,927th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, short commutes, and low taxes, and lowest on education levels and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Choate expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $159,573. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $39,558 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Choate safe?
Choate is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $460 per resident a year.
Compare Choate with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Choate. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Choate 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.
Choate detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Choate: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Choate: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Choate: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Choate: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Choate 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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