Best PlacesKyle, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kyle, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Kyle ranks 775th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Kyle
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.
Kyle's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kyle ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 92% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 91% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 89% of cities
Where Kyle ranks low
- Short commute37.1 minutes each way, better than only 3% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 5% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 8% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 14% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Kyle
A household needs to earn about $99,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kyle home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $98,324; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Kyle's effective rate of 1.72%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Kyle
Kyle runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Kyle.
Who works in Kyle, and how
Work in Kyle centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Kyle
Kyle has more restaurants and bars per resident than 72% of cities and more parkland per resident than 84% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Kyle and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Kyle, month by month
Kyle sees roughly 150 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 64, 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 | 64° | 51° | 41° |
| April | 82° | 69° | 58° |
| July | 97° | 84° | 74° |
| October | 85° | 71° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Kyle
Austin-Bergstrom International sits about 18 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 10.7 million passengers in 2025, with 127 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Kyle
Schools across Kyle average a C+, better than 31% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Carpenter Hill ElA · 62% proficient
- Elm Grove ElA− · 61% proficient
- Laura B Negley ElB · 44% proficient
Top middle schools
- R C Barton MiddleA− · 58% proficient
- Eric Dahlstrom MiddleA− · 56% proficient
- Idea Kyle College PreparatoryC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Jack C Hays H SB · 48% proficient
- Lockhart H SC+ · 39% proficient
- Lehman H SC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kyle school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kyle 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 Kyle against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Kyle suits
Families
Schools land around the 31st percentile and crime safety beats 89%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 80% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 13% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Kyle
Is Kyle a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kyle ranks 775th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on a strong job market, cell coverage, and a stable housing market, and lowest on long commutes 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 Kyle expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $335,759. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $98,324 median income, cost of living beats 80% of cities.
Is Kyle safe?
Yes, Kyle is safer than 89% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $236 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Kyle?
July highs average about 97 degrees, and January highs near 64 with lows near 41. That works out to about 150 pleasant days a year, more than 83% of cities.
Is Kyle good for families?
Schools beat 31% of cities, crime safety beats 89%, and childcare runs $923 a month.
Compare Kyle with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kyle. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kyle 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.
Kyle detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kyle: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kyle: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kyle: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kyle: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kyle 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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