Best PlacesEdroy, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Edroy, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Edroy ranks 35,228th 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 Edroy
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.
Edroy's strengths and weaknesses
Where Edroy ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 188 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 78% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 76% of towns
Where Edroy ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 5% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Edroy
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Edroy home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $70,104; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Edroy's effective rate of 1.24%, 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 Edroy
Edroy 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 Edroy.
Who works in Edroy, and how
Work in Edroy centers on manufacturing and professional & technical. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Edroy
The coast is about 39 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Edroy, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Edroy, month by month
Edroy sees roughly 188 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 71, with lows near 49. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 71° | 58° | 49° |
| April | 85° | 74° | 66° |
| July | 96° | 85° | 76° |
| October | 87° | 75° | 66° |
Flying in and out of Edroy
The nearest airport, Corpus Christi International, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 119 miles away.
The best schools in and around Edroy
Schools across Edroy average a C+, better than 50% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Calallen Wood River ElB+ · 55% proficient
- Calallen West IntB− · 42% proficient
- Mathis IntC · 34% proficient
Top middle schools
- Odem J HB− · 40% proficient
- E Merle Smith MiddleC · 35% proficient
- Mathis MiddleC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Calallen H SA− · 62% proficient
- Odem H SB+ · 58% proficient
- Sinton H SC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Edroy school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Edroy 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 Edroy against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Edroy
Is Edroy a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Edroy ranks 35,228th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, low taxes, and state finances, and lowest on summer heat and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Edroy expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $263,002. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $70,104 median income, cost of living beats 55% of towns.
Is Edroy safe?
Edroy is safer than 44% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $376 per resident a year.
Compare Edroy with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Edroy. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Edroy 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.
Edroy detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Edroy: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Edroy: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Edroy: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Edroy: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Edroy 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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