Best PlacesLlano County, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Llano County, 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.
Llano County ranks 1,700th of 3,144 U.S. counties 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 Llano County
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.
The best areas in Llano County
The parts of Llano County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Horseshoe Bay
Local pay stretches further, more adults hold degrees, and health care is easier to reach.
Llano
Fewer homes sit empty and commutes are shorter.
Kingsland
Scores across Llano County run from about the 5th to the 76th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Llano County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Llano County ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 171 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of counties
- Local economyBetter than 94% of counties
- Voter turnoutBetter than 91% of counties
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 90% of counties
- QuietBetter than 77% of counties
Where Llano County ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of counties
- Low vacancyBetter than only 6% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than only 14% of counties
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 17% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 19% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Llano County
A household needs to earn about $92,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Llano County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $75,358, 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 Llano County's effective rate of 0.71%, 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 Llano County
Llano County 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 Llano County.
Who works in Llano County, and how
Work in Llano County centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Llano County
Llano County has more restaurants and bars per resident than 69% of counties. That concentrates in some parts of Llano County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Llano County growing, and who is moving in?
Llano County has grown about 18% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Austin, TX.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Llano County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Llano County, month by month
Llano County sees roughly 171 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 63, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs March, April, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63° | 49° | 39° |
| April | 82° | 68° | 58° |
| July | 97° | 85° | 74° |
| October | 84° | 70° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Llano County
The nearest airport, Robert Gray AAF, is about 48 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Austin-Bergstrom International, about 60 miles away.
The best schools in and around Llano County
Schools across Llano County average a B−, better than 67% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Llano ElB · 47% proficient
- Rj Richey ElB− · 43% proficient
- Lyndon B Johnson ElB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lyndon B Johnson MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
- Llano J HB · 46% proficient
- Burnet MiddleC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Lyndon B Johnson H SA− · 62% proficient
- Llano H SB+ · 53% proficient
- Burnet H SB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Llano County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Llano County 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 Llano County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Llano County suits
Retirees
The weather beats 97% of counties, health care access beats 67%, and it is quieter than 77%.
Common questions about living in Llano County
Is Llano County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Llano County ranks 1,700th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on the weather, a strong job market, and civic engagement, and lowest on summer heat and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Llano County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $356,242. The overall cost of living runs about 5% above the national average. Set against a $75,358 median income, cost of living beats 38% of counties.
Is Llano County safe?
Llano County is safer than 34% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $461 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Llano County?
July highs average about 97 degrees, and January highs near 63 with lows near 39. That works out to about 171 pleasant days a year, more than 97% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Llano County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Horseshoe Bay, Llano, and Kingsland. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Llano County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Llano County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Llano County 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.
Llano County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Llano County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Llano County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Llano County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Llano County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Llano County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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