Best PlacesLa Villa, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around La Villa, 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.
La Villa ranks 48,905th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in La Villa
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 Villa's strengths and weaknesses
Where La Villa ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Short commute21.2 minutes each way, better than 83% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 82% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 124 pleasant days a year, better than 82% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
Where La Villa ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 3% of towns
- Household income$31,273 median, better than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in La Villa
A household needs to earn about $19,000 a year to comfortably buy the median La Villa home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $31,273, 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 La Villa's effective rate of 1.19%, 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 Villa
La Villa 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 La Villa.
Who works in La Villa, and how
Work in La Villa centers on education and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in La Villa
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across La Villa.
What the weather is like in La Villa, month by month
La Villa sees roughly 124 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 73, with lows near 51. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 73° | 60° | 51° |
| April | 87° | 76° | 68° |
| July | 96° | 85° | 77° |
| October | 89° | 76° | 67° |
Flying in and out of La Villa
The nearest airport, Valley International, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 227 miles away.
The best schools in and around La Villa
Schools across La Villa average a D−, better than 3% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Jose Bernabe Munoz ElD− · 15% proficient
- Lyford ElD− · 14% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lyford MiddleC− · 29% proficient
- Carlos Truan J HF · 10% proficient
- La Villa MiddleF · 7% proficient
Top high schools
- Lyford H SC · 32% proficient
- Edcouch-elsa H SD · 19% proficient
- La Villa Early College H SD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every La Villa school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
La Villa 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 Villa against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in La Villa
Is La Villa a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, La Villa ranks 48,905th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, short commutes, and few empty homes, and lowest on thin health care access and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is La Villa expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $69,881. The overall cost of living runs about 27% below the national average. Set against a $31,273 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is La Villa safe?
La Villa is safer than 36% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $399 per resident a year.
Compare La Villa with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to La Villa. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in La Villa 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 Villa detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for La Villa: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in La Villa: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of La Villa: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in La Villa: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
La Villa 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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