Best PlacesGoliad County, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Goliad 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.
Goliad County ranks 2,181st of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Goliad 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.
Goliad County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Goliad County ranks high
- QuietBetter than 92% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 92% of counties
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 90% of counties
- Nice weatherabout 131 pleasant days a year, better than 83% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of counties
Where Goliad County ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of counties
- Internet speedBetter than only 5% of counties
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of counties
- Short commute30.4 minutes each way, better than only 14% of counties
- Local economyBetter than only 18% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Goliad County
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Goliad County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,725, 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 Goliad County's effective rate of 0.96%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Goliad County
Goliad County runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Goliad County.
Who works in Goliad County, and how
Work in Goliad County centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Goliad County
Goliad County has more parkland per resident than 79% of counties. That concentrates in some parts of Goliad County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Goliad County growing, and who is moving in?
Goliad County has lost about 4% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Houston, TX.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Goliad County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Goliad County, month by month
Goliad County sees roughly 131 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 70, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 70° | 55° | 43° |
| April | 84° | 71° | 59° |
| July | 96° | 84° | 75° |
| October | 88° | 72° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Goliad County
The nearest airport, Victoria Regional, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 88 miles away.
The best schools in and around Goliad County
Schools across Goliad County average a C+, better than 52% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Goliad ElC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Goliad MiddleC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Goliad H SB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Goliad County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Goliad 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 Goliad County against the other 3,143 counties.
Common questions about living in Goliad County
Is Goliad County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Goliad County ranks 2,181st of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on quiet, a stable housing market, and low taxes, and lowest on summer heat and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Goliad County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $220,000. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $66,725 median income, cost of living beats 54% of counties.
Is Goliad County safe?
Goliad County is safer than 25% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $528 per resident a year.
Compare Goliad County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Goliad County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Goliad 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.
Goliad County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Goliad County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Goliad County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Goliad County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Goliad County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Goliad 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.