Best PlacesGranjeno, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Granjeno, 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.
Granjeno ranks 39,387th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Granjeno
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.
Granjeno's strengths and weaknesses
Where Granjeno ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 182 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- Short commute18.0 minutes each way, better than 93% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 92% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 90% of towns
Where Granjeno ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Granjeno
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Granjeno home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $94,948, 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 Granjeno's effective rate of 1.90%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Granjeno
Granjeno 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 Granjeno.
Who works in Granjeno, and how
Work in Granjeno centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Granjeno
Granjeno has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns and more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Granjeno and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Granjeno, month by month
Granjeno sees roughly 182 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 99 degrees. January highs sit near 74, with lows near 52. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 74° | 62° | 52° |
| April | 90° | 77° | 69° |
| July | 99° | 87° | 78° |
| October | 90° | 78° | 69° |
Flying in and out of Granjeno
The nearest airport, McAllen International, is about 5 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 235 miles away.
The best schools in and around Granjeno
Schools across Granjeno average a C, better than 32% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dr Alejo Salinas Jr ElC · 31% proficient
- Bryan ElD · 17% proficient
- Castro ElD− · 12% proficient
Top middle schools
- Diaz J HC− · 29% proficient
- Mission J HD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Mission Collegiate H SB− · 43% proficient
- Hidalgo Early College H SD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Granjeno school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Granjeno 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 Granjeno against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Granjeno
Is Granjeno a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Granjeno ranks 39,387th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, short commutes, and low taxes, and lowest on crime and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Granjeno expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $213,500. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $94,948 median income, cost of living beats 90% of towns.
Is Granjeno safe?
Granjeno is safer than 0% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,485 per resident a year.
Compare Granjeno with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Granjeno. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Granjeno 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.
Granjeno detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Granjeno: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Granjeno: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Granjeno: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Granjeno: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Granjeno 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.