Best PlacesEngle, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Engle, 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.
Engle ranks 13,576th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Engle
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.
Engle's strengths and weaknesses
Where Engle ranks high
- Short commute15.4 minutes each way, better than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 168 pleasant days a year, better than 96% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 90% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
Where Engle ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Engle
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Engle home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $87,819, 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 Engle's effective rate of 0.77%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Engle
Engle's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Engle.
Who works in Engle, and how
Work in Engle centers on other services and public administration. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Engle
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Engle.
What the weather is like in Engle, month by month
Engle sees roughly 168 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 52° | 43° |
| April | 81° | 70° | 61° |
| July | 96° | 85° | 76° |
| October | 84° | 72° | 62° |
Flying in and out of Engle
Austin-Bergstrom International sits about 51 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 10.7 million passengers in 2025, with 127 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Engle
Schools across Engle average a B, better than 72% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Schulenburg ElC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Flatonia SecondaryA · 68% proficient
- Moulton H SB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Engle school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Engle 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 Engle against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Engle
Is Engle a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Engle ranks 13,576th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, the weather, and low taxes, and lowest on summer heat and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Engle expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $145,600. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $87,819 median income, cost of living beats 78% of towns.
Is Engle safe?
Engle is safer than 38% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $396 per resident a year.
Compare Engle with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Engle. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Engle 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.
Engle detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Engle: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Engle: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Engle: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Engle: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Engle 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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