Best PlacesGuadalupe County, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Guadalupe County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages hide a wide spread here, so the area matters as much as the address. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Guadalupe County ranks 289th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. Paychecks stretch further here than almost anywhere else: the median household brings in $97,701, everyday costs sit below the national average, and a strong job market ranks near the top of the country. The main drawbacks are summer heat, thin health care access, and tree cover.
The best neighborhoods in Guadalupe 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.
The best areas in Guadalupe County
The parts of Guadalupe County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Cibolo & Schertz
Local pay stretches further, incomes run higher, and more adults hold degrees.
New Braunfels
More households have young kids and crime runs lower.
Seguin
Heat risk is higher and schools score lower.
San Marcos & Kingsbury
Biking is worse and more homes sit empty.
Guadalupe County shows why a single number is not enough. Some neighborhoods score in the bottom 13% of the country and others in the top 2%. Pick the area first, then the home.
Guadalupe County's strengths and weaknesses
Guadalupe County ranks where it does because the parts of life that are hardest to change mostly work here. A strong job market, what local pay buys, and cell coverage carry most of that.
The drawbacks are real but narrow. Summer heat, thin health care access, and tree cover hold the score down. The measures below break that down, and the map shows how much of it holds street by street.
Where Guadalupe County ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 95% of counties
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of counties
- Household income$97,701 median, better than 91% of counties
- Low vacancyBetter than 90% of counties
Where Guadalupe County ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 7% of counties
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 18% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than only 19% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than only 19% of counties
- Short commute28.8 minutes each way, better than only 21% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Guadalupe County
A household needs to earn about $82,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Guadalupe County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $97,701, 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 Guadalupe County's effective rate of 1.21%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Guadalupe County
Guadalupe County's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Guadalupe County.
Who works in Guadalupe County, and how
Work in Guadalupe County centers on retail trade 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 84%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Guadalupe County
Guadalupe County has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties and more parkland per resident than 75% of counties. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Guadalupe County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Guadalupe County growing, and who is moving in?
Guadalupe County has grown about 33% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the San Antonio, TX metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Guadalupe County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Guadalupe County, month by month
Guadalupe County sees roughly 144 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 52° | 41° |
| April | 84° | 70° | 59° |
| July | 98° | 85° | 74° |
| October | 86° | 72° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Guadalupe County
San Antonio International sits about 22 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.3 million passengers in 2025, with 87 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Guadalupe County
Schools across Guadalupe County average a B−, better than 66% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Garden Ridge ElA− · 60% proficient
- La Vernia IntA− · 56% proficient
- Norma J Paschal ElB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dobie J HA− · 57% proficient
- La Vernia J HA− · 56% proficient
- Navarro J HB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Memorial Early College H S With St Philip'sA+ · 82% proficient
- Byron P Steele Ii H SA · 71% proficient
- La Vernia H SA · 69% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Guadalupe County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Guadalupe 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 Guadalupe County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Guadalupe County suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 95% of counties, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 14% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Guadalupe County
Is Guadalupe County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Guadalupe County ranks 289th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on a strong job market, what local pay buys, and cell coverage, 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 Guadalupe County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $296,762. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $97,701 median income, cost of living beats 95% of counties.
Is Guadalupe County safe?
Yes, Guadalupe County is safer than 78% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $333 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Guadalupe County?
July highs average about 98 degrees, and January highs near 66 with lows near 41. That works out to about 144 pleasant days a year, more than 90% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Guadalupe County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Cibolo & Schertz, New Braunfels, and Seguin. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Guadalupe County good for families?
Schools beat 66% of counties, crime safety beats 78%, and childcare runs $783 a month.
Is Guadalupe County good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 95% of counties, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 75% of counties. About 14% of workers already work from home.
Compare Guadalupe County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Guadalupe County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Guadalupe 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.
Guadalupe County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Guadalupe County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Guadalupe County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Guadalupe County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Guadalupe County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Guadalupe 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
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