Best PlacesLaguna Vista, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Laguna Vista, 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.
Laguna Vista ranks 30,279th 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 Laguna Vista
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.
Laguna Vista's strengths and weaknesses
Where Laguna Vista ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 185 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 77% of towns
Where Laguna Vista ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Laguna Vista
A household needs to earn about $67,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Laguna Vista home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,066, 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 Laguna Vista's effective rate of 1.02%, 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 Laguna Vista
Laguna Vista 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 Laguna Vista.
Who works in Laguna Vista, and how
Work in Laguna Vista centers on professional & technical and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Laguna Vista
The coast is about 14 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Laguna Vista, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Laguna Vista, month by month
Laguna Vista 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 Laguna Vista
The nearest airport, Brownsville/South Padre Island International, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 247 miles away.
The best schools in and around Laguna Vista
Schools across Laguna Vista average a C−, better than 19% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Rancho Verde ElB+ · 51% proficient
- Palmer-laakso ElC+ · 37% proficient
- Lopez-riggins ElC+ · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Resaca MiddleB− · 43% proficient
- Los Cuates MiddleC+ · 36% proficient
- Lyford MiddleC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Los Fresnos H SB · 50% proficient
- Lyford H SC · 32% proficient
- Port Isabel H SC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Laguna Vista school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Laguna Vista 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 Laguna Vista against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Laguna Vista
Is Laguna Vista a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Laguna Vista ranks 30,279th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, biking, 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 Laguna Vista expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $247,250. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $69,066 median income, cost of living beats 57% of towns.
Is Laguna Vista safe?
Laguna Vista is safer than 49% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $359 per resident a year.
Compare Laguna Vista with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Laguna Vista. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Laguna Vista 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.
Laguna Vista detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Laguna Vista: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Laguna Vista: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Laguna Vista: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Laguna Vista: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Laguna Vista 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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