Best PlacesEagle Lake, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Eagle Lake, 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.
Eagle Lake ranks 32,867th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Eagle Lake
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.
Eagle Lake's strengths and weaknesses
Where Eagle Lake ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 166 pleasant days a year, better than 96% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 93% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- BikingBetter than 90% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 85% of towns
Where Eagle Lake ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Eagle Lake
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Eagle Lake home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $75,870, 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 Eagle Lake's effective rate of 0.98%, 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 Eagle Lake
Eagle Lake 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 Eagle Lake.
Who works in Eagle Lake, and how
Work in Eagle Lake centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 13%
Life in Eagle Lake
Eagle Lake has more restaurants and bars per resident than 88% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Eagle Lake and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Eagle Lake, month by month
Eagle Lake sees roughly 166 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 65, with lows near 45. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 65° | 53° | 45° |
| April | 80° | 69° | 60° |
| July | 94° | 82° | 74° |
| October | 84° | 72° | 62° |
Flying in and out of Eagle Lake
The nearest airport, Victoria Regional, is about 61 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is William P Hobby, about 63 miles away.
The best schools in and around Eagle Lake
Schools across Eagle Lake average a C−, better than 28% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- East Bernard ElB · 50% proficient
- Garwood ElC+ · 38% proficient
- Columbus ElC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- East Bernard J HA− · 53% proficient
- Sealy J HB− · 40% proficient
- Columbus J HB− · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- East Bernard H SA− · 65% proficient
- Sealy H SB · 46% proficient
- Columbus H SC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Eagle Lake school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Eagle Lake 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 Eagle Lake against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Eagle Lake
Is Eagle Lake a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Eagle Lake ranks 32,867th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, walkability, and low taxes, and lowest on air quality and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Eagle Lake expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $140,144. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $75,870 median income, cost of living beats 66% of towns.
Is Eagle Lake safe?
Eagle Lake is safer than 11% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $640 per resident a year.
Compare Eagle Lake with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Eagle Lake. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Eagle Lake 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.
Eagle Lake detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Eagle Lake: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Eagle Lake: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Eagle Lake: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Eagle Lake: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Eagle Lake 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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