Best PlacesConverse, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Converse, 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.
Converse ranks 721st of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Converse
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.
Converse's strengths and weaknesses
Where Converse ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 88% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 87% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 85% of cities
Where Converse ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 10% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 13% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 14% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than only 15% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 19% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Converse
A household needs to earn about $68,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Converse home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $89,445, 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 Converse's effective rate of 1.54%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Converse
Converse 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 Converse.
Who works in Converse, and how
Work in Converse centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Converse
Converse has more parkland per resident than 89% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Converse and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Converse, month by month
Converse sees roughly 142 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 65, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 65° | 52° | 42° |
| April | 82° | 70° | 60° |
| July | 97° | 84° | 75° |
| October | 84° | 72° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Converse
San Antonio International sits about 10 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 Converse
Schools across Converse average a C+, better than 53% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Randolph ElA− · 62% proficient
- Crestview ElB · 45% proficient
- Wiederstein ElB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Randolph MiddleA · 62% proficient
- Laura Ingalls Wilder IntB · 44% proficient
- Barbara Jordan IntB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Judson Early College AcademyA+ · 80% proficient
- Randolph H SA · 72% proficient
- Samuel Clemens H SA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Converse school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Converse 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 Converse against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Converse suits
Families
Schools land around the 53rd percentile and crime safety beats 84%.
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 14% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Converse
Is Converse a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Converse ranks 721st of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on cell coverage, low taxes, and state finances, and lowest on tree cover and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Converse expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $236,357. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $89,445 median income, cost of living beats 67% of cities.
Is Converse safe?
Yes, Converse is safer than 84% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $254 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Converse?
July highs average about 97 degrees, and January highs near 65 with lows near 42. That works out to about 142 pleasant days a year, more than 80% of cities.
Is Converse good for families?
Schools beat 53% of cities, crime safety beats 84%, and childcare runs $783 a month.
Compare Converse with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Converse. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Converse 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.
Converse detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Converse: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Converse: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Converse: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Converse: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Converse 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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