Best PlacesGoldfinch, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Goldfinch, 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.
Goldfinch ranks 29,241st of 50,333 U.S. towns 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 Goldfinch
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.
Goldfinch's strengths and weaknesses
Where Goldfinch ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 181 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- Short commute16.4 minutes each way, better than 96% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 82% of towns
Where Goldfinch ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 6% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Goldfinch
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Goldfinch home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,515, 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 Goldfinch's effective rate of 0.94%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Goldfinch
Goldfinch runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Goldfinch.
Who works in Goldfinch, and how
Work in Goldfinch centers on education and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Goldfinch
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Goldfinch.
What the weather is like in Goldfinch, month by month
Goldfinch sees roughly 181 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 99 degrees. January highs sit near 68, 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 | 68° | 53° | 43° |
| April | 85° | 71° | 61° |
| July | 99° | 85° | 75° |
| October | 87° | 73° | 62° |
Flying in and out of Goldfinch
San Antonio International sits about 56 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 Goldfinch
Schools across Goldfinch average a D, better than 6% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Charlotte ElC · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Charlotte MiddleC− · 28% proficient
- Pearsall J HD− · 14% proficient
Top high schools
- Charlotte H SC+ · 40% proficient
- Pearsall H SD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Goldfinch school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Goldfinch 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 Goldfinch against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Goldfinch
Is Goldfinch a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Goldfinch ranks 29,241st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, short commutes, and low taxes, and lowest on thin health care access and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Goldfinch expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $152,593. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $71,515 median income, cost of living beats 59% of towns.
Is Goldfinch safe?
Goldfinch is safer than 22% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $489 per resident a year.
Compare Goldfinch with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Goldfinch. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Goldfinch 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.
Goldfinch detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Goldfinch: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Goldfinch: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Goldfinch: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Goldfinch: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Goldfinch 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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