Best PlacesEdcouch, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Edcouch, 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.
Edcouch ranks 48,968th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Edcouch
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.
Edcouch's strengths and weaknesses
Where Edcouch ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 86% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 85% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
- BikingBetter than 79% of towns
Where Edcouch ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$39,678 median, better than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Edcouch
A household needs to earn about $24,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Edcouch home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $39,678, 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 Edcouch's effective rate of 1.63%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Edcouch
Edcouch 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 Edcouch.
Who works in Edcouch, and how
Work in Edcouch centers on health care & social and admin & support services. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Edcouch
Edcouch has more restaurants and bars per resident than 65% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Edcouch and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Edcouch, month by month
Edcouch sees roughly 117 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 73, with lows near 51. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 73° | 60° | 51° |
| April | 87° | 76° | 68° |
| July | 96° | 85° | 77° |
| October | 89° | 76° | 67° |
Flying in and out of Edcouch
The nearest airport, McAllen International, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 223 miles away.
The best schools in and around Edcouch
Schools across Edcouch average a D−, better than 4% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Roberto Garate ElD+ · 23% proficient
- Raul A Gonzalez Jr ElD · 19% proficient
- Hargill ElD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mary Hoge MiddleC · 33% proficient
- Lyford MiddleC− · 29% proficient
- Betty Harwell MiddleD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Lyford H SC · 32% proficient
- Weslaco East H SC− · 27% proficient
- Lasara H SD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Edcouch school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Edcouch 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 Edcouch against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Edcouch
Is Edcouch a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Edcouch ranks 48,968th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, walkability, and cell coverage, and lowest on thin health care access and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Edcouch expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $83,628. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $39,678 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Edcouch safe?
Edcouch is safer than 27% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $456 per resident a year.
Compare Edcouch with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Edcouch. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Edcouch 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.
Edcouch detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Edcouch: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Edcouch: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Edcouch: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Edcouch: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Edcouch 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.