Best PlacesLa Grange, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around La Grange, 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.
La Grange ranks 13,789th 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 La Grange
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.
La Grange's strengths and weaknesses
Where La Grange ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 169 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- Short commute18.3 minutes each way, better than 92% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 89% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 89% of towns
Where La Grange ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 14% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 23% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 28% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in La Grange
A household needs to earn about $89,000 a year to comfortably buy the median La Grange home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $70,500, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 La Grange's effective rate of 0.84%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in La Grange
La Grange 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 La Grange.
Who works in La Grange, and how
Work in La Grange centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in La Grange
La Grange has more restaurants and bars per resident than 89% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of La Grange and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in La Grange, month by month
La Grange sees roughly 169 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 52° | 43° |
| April | 81° | 70° | 61° |
| July | 96° | 85° | 76° |
| October | 84° | 72° | 62° |
Flying in and out of La Grange
Austin-Bergstrom International sits about 51 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 La Grange
Schools across La Grange average a B, better than 68% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Weimar ElB+ · 53% proficient
- Flatonia ElB · 47% proficient
- Round Top-carmine ElB · 47% proficient
Top middle schools
- La Grange MiddleA− · 53% proficient
- Weimar J HB · 43% proficient
- Smithville J HB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Round Top-carmine H SA · 72% proficient
- Giddings H SA · 68% proficient
- Weimar H SA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every La Grange school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
La Grange 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 La Grange against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in La Grange
Is La Grange a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, La Grange ranks 13,789th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, short commutes, and low taxes, and lowest on summer heat and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is La Grange expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $338,189. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $70,500 median income, cost of living beats 57% of towns.
Is La Grange safe?
La Grange is safer than 40% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $403 per resident a year.
Compare La Grange with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to La Grange. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in La Grange 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.
La Grange detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for La Grange: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in La Grange: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of La Grange: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in La Grange: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
La Grange 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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