Best PlacesGrape Creek, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Grape Creek, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Grape Creek ranks 34,040th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Grape Creek
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.
Grape Creek's strengths and weaknesses
Where Grape Creek ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 92% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 91% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 143 pleasant days a year, better than 90% of towns
- Cheap childcare$518 a month, better than 90% of towns
Where Grape Creek ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 6% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 7% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 12% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Grape Creek
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Grape Creek home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,809, 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 Grape Creek's effective rate of 1.03%, 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 Grape Creek
Grape Creek runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Grape Creek.
Who works in Grape Creek, and how
Work in Grape Creek centers on hospitality & food and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Grape Creek
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Grape Creek.
What the weather is like in Grape Creek, month by month
Grape Creek sees roughly 143 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 100 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs March, April, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 46° | 32° |
| April | 85° | 68° | 52° |
| July | 100° | 85° | 72° |
| October | 85° | 68° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Grape Creek
The nearest airport, San Angelo Regional/Mathis Field, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 188 miles away.
The best schools in and around Grape Creek
Schools across Grape Creek average a C, better than 32% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Grape Creek IntC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Grape Creek MiddleD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Grape Creek H SC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Grape Creek school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Grape Creek 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 Grape Creek against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Grape Creek
Is Grape Creek a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Grape Creek ranks 34,040th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, fast internet, and a strong job market, and lowest on thin health care access and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Grape Creek expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $135,520. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $61,809 median income, cost of living beats 24% of towns.
Is Grape Creek safe?
Grape Creek is safer than 27% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $466 per resident a year.
Compare Grape Creek with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Grape Creek. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Grape Creek 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.
Grape Creek detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Grape Creek: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Grape Creek: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Grape Creek: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Grape Creek: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Grape Creek 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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