Best PlacesLeakey, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Leakey, 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.
Leakey ranks 41,151st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Leakey
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.
Leakey's strengths and weaknesses
Where Leakey ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 173 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 81% of towns
Where Leakey ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Household income$45,392 median, better than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Leakey
A household needs to earn about $82,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Leakey home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $45,392, 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 Leakey's effective rate of 0.70%, 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 Leakey
Leakey 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 Leakey.
Who works in Leakey, and how
Work in Leakey centers on public administration and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 55%
- Work from home 40%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Leakey
Leakey has more restaurants and bars per resident than 97% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Leakey and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Leakey, month by month
Leakey sees roughly 173 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 49° | 40° |
| April | 79° | 66° | 57° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 79° | 68° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Leakey
The nearest airport, Del Rio International, is about 76 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 78 miles away.
The best schools in and around Leakey
Schools across Leakey average a C, better than 38% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hunt SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Ingram ElB · 45% proficient
- Nueces Canyon ElC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ingram MiddleB+ · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- Ingram Tom Moore H SA− · 65% proficient
- Nueces Canyon Jh/hsB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Leakey school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Leakey 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 Leakey against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Leakey
Is Leakey a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Leakey ranks 41,151st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, quiet, and low taxes, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Leakey expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $317,246. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $45,392 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Leakey safe?
Leakey is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $746 per resident a year.
Compare Leakey with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Leakey. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Leakey 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.
Leakey detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Leakey: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Leakey: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Leakey: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Leakey: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Leakey 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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