Best PlacesGhost Town, Laredo, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ghost Town, Laredo, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Ghost Town, Laredo ranks 5,304th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Ghost Town, Laredo
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.
Ghost Town, Laredo's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ghost Town, Laredo ranks high
- Cheap childcare$582 a month, better than 99% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than 92% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
Where Ghost Town, Laredo ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Ghost Town, Laredo
A household needs to earn about $39,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ghost Town, Laredo home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $36,549; 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 Ghost Town, Laredo's effective rate of 2.04%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Ghost Town, Laredo
Ghost Town, Laredo runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ghost Town, Laredo.
Who works in Ghost Town, Laredo, and how
Work in Ghost Town, Laredo centers on construction and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Ghost Town, Laredo
Ghost Town, Laredo has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Ghost Town, Laredo and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Ghost Town, Laredo, month by month
Ghost Town, Laredo sees roughly 198 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 102 degrees. January highs sit near 71, with lows near 47. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 71° | 57° | 47° |
| April | 91° | 76° | 65° |
| July | 102° | 89° | 77° |
| October | 89° | 76° | 66° |
Flying in and out of Ghost Town, Laredo
The nearest airport, Laredo International, is about 1 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 152 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ghost Town, Laredo
Schools across Ghost Town, Laredo average a D+, better than 22% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Ryan ElC · 33% proficient
- Radcliffe & Sue Killam ElD · 16% proficient
- Milton ElD− · 13% proficient
Top middle schools
- Antonio Gonzalez MiddleC · 31% proficient
- United South MiddleC− · 31% proficient
- Lamar MiddleD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- United South H SB− · 42% proficient
- Nixon H SC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ghost Town, Laredo school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ghost Town, Laredo 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 Ghost Town, Laredo against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Ghost Town, Laredo
Is Ghost Town, Laredo a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ghost Town, Laredo ranks 5,304th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on affordable childcare, a stable housing market, and low disaster risk, and lowest on summer heat and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ghost Town, Laredo expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $128,750. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $36,549 median income, cost of living beats 6% of neighborhoods.
Is Ghost Town, Laredo safe?
Yes, Ghost Town, Laredo is safer than 83% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $318 per resident a year.
Compare Ghost Town, Laredo with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ghost Town, Laredo. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ghost Town, Laredo 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.
Ghost Town, Laredo detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ghost Town, Laredo: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ghost Town, Laredo: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ghost Town, Laredo: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ghost Town, Laredo: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ghost Town, Laredo 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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