Best PlacesGruenau, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gruenau, 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.
Gruenau ranks 44,418th 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 Gruenau
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.
Gruenau's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gruenau ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 171 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- QuietBetter than 89% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Cheap childcare$572 a month, better than 82% of towns
Where Gruenau ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 5% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Gruenau
A household needs to earn about $26,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gruenau home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $46,146, 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 Gruenau's effective rate of 0.93%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Gruenau
Gruenau runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Gruenau.
Who works in Gruenau, and how
Work in Gruenau 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 91%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Gruenau
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Gruenau.
What the weather is like in Gruenau, month by month
Gruenau sees roughly 171 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 65, with lows near 44. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 65° | 53° | 44° |
| April | 82° | 70° | 61° |
| July | 97° | 85° | 76° |
| October | 85° | 72° | 62° |
Flying in and out of Gruenau
The nearest airport, Victoria Regional, is about 41 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 65 miles away.
The best schools in and around Gruenau
Schools across Gruenau average a C, better than 35% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Yorktown ElD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Yorktown J HD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Yorktown H SC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gruenau school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gruenau 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 Gruenau against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Gruenau
Is Gruenau a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gruenau ranks 44,418th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, low taxes, and quiet, and lowest on summer heat and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Gruenau expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $96,866. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $46,146 median income, cost of living beats 21% of towns.
Is Gruenau safe?
Gruenau is safer than 5% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $800 per resident a year.
Compare Gruenau with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gruenau. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gruenau 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.
Gruenau detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gruenau: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gruenau: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gruenau: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gruenau: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gruenau 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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