Best PlacesLlano, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Llano, 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.
Llano ranks 27,761st 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 Llano
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.
Llano's strengths and weaknesses
Where Llano ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 186 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 95% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 91% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 88% of towns
Where Llano ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 10% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 11% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 14% of towns
- Household income$53,555 median, better than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Llano
A household needs to earn about $68,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Llano home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $53,555, 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's effective rate of 0.76%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Llano
Llano 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.
Who works in Llano, and how
Work in Llano centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Llano
Llano has more restaurants and bars per resident than 93% of towns and more parkland per resident than 96% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Llano and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Llano, month by month
Llano sees roughly 186 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 99 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 47° | 36° |
| April | 82° | 68° | 56° |
| July | 99° | 85° | 73° |
| October | 84° | 69° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Llano
The nearest airport, Robert Gray AAF, is about 55 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Austin-Bergstrom International, about 71 miles away.
The best schools in and around Llano
Schools across Llano average a B, better than 71% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Llano ElB · 47% proficient
- Packsaddle ElD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Llano J HB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Llano H SB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Llano school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Llano 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 against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Llano
Is Llano a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Llano ranks 27,761st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, walkability, and low taxes, and lowest on summer heat and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Llano expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $260,498. The overall cost of living runs about 1% above the national average. Set against a $53,555 median income, cost of living beats 10% of towns.
Is Llano safe?
Llano is safer than 23% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $514 per resident a year.
Compare Llano with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Llano. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Llano 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 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Llano: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Llano: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Llano: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Llano: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Llano 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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