Best PlacesIndian Lake, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Indian Lake, 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.
Indian Lake ranks 46,820th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Indian Lake
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.
Indian Lake's strengths and weaknesses
Where Indian Lake ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 185 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 84% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
- BikingBetter than 74% of towns
Where Indian Lake ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$36,321 median, better than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Indian Lake
A household needs to earn about $22,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Indian Lake home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $36,321, 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 Indian Lake's effective rate of 1.31%, 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 2 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Indian Lake
Indian Lake 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 Indian Lake.
Who works in Indian Lake, and how
Work in Indian Lake centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Indian Lake
The coast is about 28 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Indian Lake, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Indian Lake, month by month
Indian Lake sees roughly 185 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 71, with lows near 53. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 71° | 61° | 53° |
| April | 83° | 75° | 69° |
| July | 93° | 85° | 78° |
| October | 86° | 77° | 69° |
Flying in and out of Indian Lake
The nearest airport, Valley International, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 245 miles away.
The best schools in and around Indian Lake
Schools across Indian Lake average a B−, better than 57% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Los Fresnos ElB− · 41% proficient
- Dora Romero ElC+ · 35% proficient
- Treasure Hills ElC− · 29% proficient
Top middle schools
- Liberty Memorial MiddleC+ · 36% proficient
- Los Cuates MiddleC+ · 36% proficient
- Coakley MiddleC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Harlingen Collegiate H SA− · 60% proficient
- Los Fresnos H SB · 50% proficient
- San Benito H SD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Indian Lake school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Indian Lake 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 Indian Lake against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Indian Lake
Is Indian Lake a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Indian Lake ranks 46,820th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, low taxes, and a strong job market, and lowest on civic engagement 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 Indian Lake expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $79,694. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $36,321 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Indian Lake safe?
Indian Lake is safer than 51% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $346 per resident a year.
Compare Indian Lake with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Indian Lake. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Indian Lake 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.
Indian Lake detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Indian Lake: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Indian Lake: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Indian Lake: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Indian Lake: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Indian Lake 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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