Best PlacesFrio County, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Frio County, 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.
Frio County ranks 2,415th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Frio County
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.
Frio County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Frio County ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 188 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of counties
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 90% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than 88% of counties
- Short commute19.1 minutes each way, better than 84% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 83% of counties
Where Frio County ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of counties
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of counties
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of counties
- School gradeD, better than only 5% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Frio County
A household needs to earn about $32,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Frio County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,947, 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 Frio County's effective rate of 1.35%, 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 Frio County
Frio County 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 Frio County.
Who works in Frio County, and how
Work in Frio County centers on hospitality & food and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 14%
Life in Frio County
Frio County has more restaurants and bars per resident than 68% of counties. That concentrates in some parts of Frio County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Frio County growing, and who is moving in?
Frio County 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 Frio County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Frio County, month by month
Frio County sees roughly 188 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 102 degrees. January highs sit near 71, with lows near 45. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 71° | 56° | 45° |
| April | 89° | 74° | 64° |
| July | 102° | 88° | 77° |
| October | 89° | 75° | 65° |
Flying in and out of Frio County
San Antonio International sits about 62 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.3 million passengers in 2025, with 87 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Frio County
Schools across Frio County average a D, better than 5% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Devine Intermediate SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Charlotte ElC · 30% proficient
- Newell E Woolls IntC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Devine MiddleC+ · 39% proficient
- Mcdowell MiddleC+ · 35% proficient
- Charlotte MiddleC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Hondo H SB · 47% proficient
- Devine H SB− · 43% proficient
- Charlotte H SC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Frio County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Frio County 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 Frio County against the other 3,143 counties.
Common questions about living in Frio County
Is Frio County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Frio County ranks 2,415th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on the weather, low taxes, and cell coverage, and lowest on thin health care access and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Frio County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $112,448. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $66,947 median income, cost of living beats 49% of counties.
Is Frio County safe?
Frio County is safer than 16% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $582 per resident a year.
Compare Frio County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Frio County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Frio County 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.
Frio County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Frio County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Frio County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Frio County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Frio County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Frio County 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.