Best PlacesEl Indio, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around El Indio, 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.
El Indio ranks 45,546th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in El Indio
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.
El Indio's strengths and weaknesses
Where El Indio ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 193 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 81% of towns
Where El Indio ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in El Indio
A household needs to earn about $39,000 a year to comfortably buy the median El Indio home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $50,545, 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 El Indio's effective rate of 1.22%, 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 El Indio
El Indio 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 El Indio.
Who works in El Indio, and how
Work in El Indio centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 0%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in El Indio
El Indio has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns and more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of El Indio and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in El Indio, month by month
El Indio sees roughly 193 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 El Indio
The nearest airport, Del Rio International, is about 70 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 132 miles away.
The best schools in and around El Indio
Schools across El Indio average a D, better than 9% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Julia Bird Jones Muller ElD+ · 23% proficient
- Armando Cerna ElD · 20% proficient
- Zavala ElD− · 14% proficient
Top middle schools
- Eagle Pass J HC · 33% proficient
- George Washington MiddleC− · 29% proficient
- Carrizo Springs IntD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- United H SB · 50% proficient
- Eagle Pass H SC+ · 37% proficient
- C C Winn H SC− · 29% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every El Indio school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
El Indio 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 El Indio against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in El Indio
Is El Indio a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, El Indio ranks 45,546th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, quiet, and low taxes, and lowest on civic engagement and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is El Indio expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $139,299. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $50,545 median income, cost of living beats 18% of towns.
Is El Indio safe?
El Indio is safer than 21% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $500 per resident a year.
Compare El Indio with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to El Indio. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in El Indio 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.
El Indio detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for El Indio: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in El Indio: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of El Indio: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in El Indio: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
El Indio 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.