Best PlacesDinero, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dinero, 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.
Dinero ranks 40,091st 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 Dinero
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.
Dinero's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dinero ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 189 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 80% of towns
Where Dinero ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dinero
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dinero home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,244, 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 Dinero's effective rate of 0.78%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Dinero
Dinero runs older 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 Dinero.
Who works in Dinero, and how
Work in Dinero centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Dinero
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Dinero.
What the weather is like in Dinero, month by month
Dinero sees roughly 189 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 Dinero
The nearest airport, Corpus Christi International, is about 55 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 82 miles away.
The best schools in and around Dinero
Schools across Dinero average a B+, better than 80% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- George West PriA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- George West J HA− · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- George West H SB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dinero school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dinero 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 Dinero against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dinero
Is Dinero a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dinero ranks 40,091st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, a stable housing market, and low taxes, and lowest on summer heat and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dinero expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $193,659. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $54,244 median income, cost of living beats 21% of towns.
Is Dinero safe?
Dinero is safer than 7% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $731 per resident a year.
Compare Dinero with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dinero. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dinero 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.
Dinero detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dinero: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dinero: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dinero: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dinero: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dinero 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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