Best PlacesDevine, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Devine, 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.
Devine ranks 32,195th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Devine
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.
Devine's strengths and weaknesses
Where Devine ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 170 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 91% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 86% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
Where Devine ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 9% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 14% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 16% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Devine
A household needs to earn about $54,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Devine home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,179, 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 Devine's effective rate of 1.16%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Devine
Devine runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Devine.
Who works in Devine, and how
Work in Devine centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Devine
Devine has more restaurants and bars per resident than 78% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Devine and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Devine, month by month
Devine sees roughly 170 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 67, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 67° | 52° | 40° |
| April | 85° | 71° | 59° |
| July | 98° | 85° | 74° |
| October | 86° | 72° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Devine
San Antonio International sits about 37 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 Devine
Schools across Devine average a B−, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Castroville ElA− · 59% proficient
- Devine Intermediate SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Lacoste ElC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Medina Valley MiddleB+ · 51% proficient
- Devine MiddleC+ · 39% proficient
- Mcdowell MiddleC+ · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Medina Valley H SB+ · 53% proficient
- Hondo H SB · 47% proficient
- Devine H SB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Devine school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Devine 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 Devine against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Devine
Is Devine a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Devine ranks 32,195th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, low taxes, and cell coverage, and lowest on summer heat and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Devine expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $196,173. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $58,179 median income, cost of living beats 25% of towns.
Is Devine safe?
Devine is safer than 20% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $513 per resident a year.
Compare Devine with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Devine. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Devine 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.
Devine detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Devine: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Devine: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Devine: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Devine: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Devine 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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