Best PlacesEagle Pass, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in the Eagle Pass metro, 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.
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Eagle Pass ranks 379th of 387 U.S. metro areas on the BestNeighborhood index. It ranks low mainly on the cost of living against local pay and low incomes. It does better on the weather, which keeps it off the bottom.
The best neighborhoods in the Eagle Pass metro
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 Pass' strengths and weaknesses
Eagle Pass ranks near the bottom because several of the basics fall short at once. The weather, cell coverage, and affordable childcare carry most of that.
The weak spots are broad rather than narrow: the cost of living against local pay, low incomes, and education levels all drag on the score. Those are area averages, and the map below shows which parts run well above them.
Where Eagle Pass ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 188 pleasant days a year, better than 96% of metro areas
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of metro areas
- Cheap childcare$604 a month, better than 93% of metro areas
- Disaster safetyBetter than 90% of metro areas
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 89% of metro areas
Where Eagle Pass ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 1% of metro areas
- Household income$50,162 median, better than only 1% of metro areas
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of metro areas
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of metro areas
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of metro areas
What it costs to buy a home in Eagle Pass
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Eagle Pass home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $50,162, 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 Pass' effective rate of 1.32%, 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 7 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 Pass
Eagle Pass 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 Pass.
Who works in Eagle Pass, and how
Work in Eagle Pass centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Eagle Pass
Eagle Pass has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of metro areas and more parkland per resident than 99% of metro areas. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Eagle Pass and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Eagle Pass growing, and who is moving in?
Eagle Pass has grown about 3% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from San Antonio, TX.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Eagle Pass go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Eagle Pass, month by month
Eagle Pass sees roughly 188 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 102 degrees. January highs sit near 69, with lows near 44. The comfortable stretch runs October through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69° | 55° | 44° |
| April | 90° | 76° | 64° |
| July | 102° | 89° | 78° |
| October | 86° | 74° | 64° |
Flying in and out of Eagle Pass
The nearest airport, Del Rio International, is about 54 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 134 miles away.
The best schools in and around Eagle Pass
Schools across Eagle Pass average a D+, better than 6% of metro areas.
Top elementary schools
- Liberty ElC− · 27% proficient
- Armando Cerna ElD · 20% proficient
- Benavides Heights ElD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Eagle Pass J HC · 33% proficient
- Memorial J HD− · 18% proficient
- Sterling H Fly Jr H SD− · 16% proficient
Top high schools
- Eagle Pass H SC+ · 37% proficient
- C C Winn H SC− · 29% proficient
- La Pryor H SD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Eagle Pass school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Eagle Pass 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 Pass against the other 386 metro areas.
Who Eagle Pass suits
Retirees
The weather beats 96% of metro areas and it is quieter than 88%.
Common questions about living in Eagle Pass
Is Eagle Pass a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Eagle Pass ranks 379th of 387 metro areas. It scores highest on the weather, cell coverage, and affordable childcare, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Eagle Pass expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $175,268. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $50,162 median income, cost of living beats 0% of metro areas.
Is Eagle Pass safe?
Eagle Pass is safer than 35% of metro areas. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $439 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Eagle Pass?
July highs average about 102 degrees, and January highs near 69 with lows near 44. That works out to about 188 pleasant days a year, more than 96% of metro areas.
Is Eagle Pass good for families?
Schools beat 6% of metro areas, crime safety beats 35%, and childcare runs $604 a month.
Is Eagle Pass good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 0% of metro areas, though advertised internet speeds beat only 4% of metro areas. About 7% of workers already work from home.
Compare Eagle Pass with other metro areas
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Eagle Pass. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Eagle Pass 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 Pass detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Eagle Pass: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Eagle Pass: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Eagle Pass: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Eagle Pass: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Eagle Pass 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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