Best PlacesKingsville, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kingsville, 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.
Kingsville ranks 2,018th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Kingsville
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.
Kingsville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kingsville ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 97% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 191 pleasant days a year, better than 90% of cities
- Short commute19.4 minutes each way, better than 89% of cities
- Cheap childcare$702 a month, better than 89% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of cities
Where Kingsville ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 3% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than only 5% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than only 5% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 5% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Kingsville
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kingsville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,850, 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 Kingsville's effective rate of 1.58%, 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 Kingsville
Kingsville runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Kingsville.
Who works in Kingsville, and how
Work in Kingsville centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Kingsville
Kingsville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 78% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Kingsville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Kingsville, month by month
Kingsville sees roughly 191 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 72, with lows near 48. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 72° | 59° | 48° |
| April | 86° | 75° | 66° |
| July | 97° | 86° | 76° |
| October | 88° | 75° | 65° |
Flying in and out of Kingsville
The nearest airport, Corpus Christi International, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 145 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kingsville
Schools across Kingsville average a D, better than 6% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Santa Gertrudis SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Nanny ElC+ · 35% proficient
- Ricardo ElC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ricardo MiddleB+ · 49% proficient
- Gillett MiddleD− · 14% proficient
Top high schools
- Santa Gertrudis Academy H SB+ · 58% proficient
- Kaufer H SC+ · 40% proficient
- H M King H SD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kingsville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kingsville 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 Kingsville against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Kingsville suits
Common questions about living in Kingsville
Is Kingsville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kingsville ranks 2,018th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on a stable housing market, the weather, and short commutes, and lowest on thin health care access and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kingsville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $177,677. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $64,850 median income, cost of living beats 19% of cities.
Is Kingsville safe?
Kingsville is safer than 4% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $714 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Kingsville?
July highs average about 97 degrees, and January highs near 72 with lows near 48. That works out to about 191 pleasant days a year, more than 90% of cities.
Is Kingsville good for families?
Schools beat 6% of cities, crime safety beats 4%, and childcare runs $702 a month.
Compare Kingsville with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kingsville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kingsville 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.
Kingsville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kingsville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kingsville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kingsville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kingsville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kingsville 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.