Best PlacesGregory, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gregory, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Gregory ranks 32,325th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Gregory
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.
Gregory's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gregory ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 187 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- Short commute17.9 minutes each way, better than 93% of towns
- TransitBetter than 93% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
Where Gregory ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 6% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 7% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Gregory
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gregory home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $56,041, 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 Gregory's effective rate of 1.39%, 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 Gregory
Gregory 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 Gregory.
Who works in Gregory, and how
Work in Gregory centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Gregory
The coast is about 32 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Gregory, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Gregory, month by month
Gregory sees roughly 187 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 68, with lows near 51. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68° | 58° | 51° |
| April | 81° | 73° | 66° |
| July | 93° | 86° | 80° |
| October | 86° | 76° | 68° |
Flying in and out of Gregory
The nearest airport, Corpus Christi International, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 133 miles away.
The best schools in and around Gregory
Schools across Gregory average a C+, better than 47% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Austin ElC · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Gregory-portland MiddleB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Gregory-portland H SB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gregory school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gregory 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 Gregory against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Gregory
Is Gregory a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gregory ranks 32,325th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, cell coverage, and short commutes, and lowest on summer heat and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Gregory expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $164,843. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $56,041 median income, cost of living beats 25% of towns.
Is Gregory safe?
Gregory is safer than 55% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $346 per resident a year.
Compare Gregory with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gregory. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gregory 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.
Gregory detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gregory: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gregory: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gregory: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gregory: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gregory 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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