Best PlacesLolita, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lolita, 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.
Lolita ranks 41,512th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lolita
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.
Lolita's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lolita ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 151 pleasant days a year, better than 93% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 84% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 82% of towns
Where Lolita ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 4% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lolita
A household needs to earn about $60,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lolita home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $53,931; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Lolita's effective rate of 1.12%, 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 Lolita
Lolita runs older 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 Lolita.
Who works in Lolita, and how
Work in Lolita centers on construction and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Lolita
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lolita.
What the weather is like in Lolita, month by month
Lolita sees roughly 151 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 67, with lows near 48. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 67° | 56° | 48° |
| April | 82° | 73° | 65° |
| July | 94° | 85° | 78° |
| October | 86° | 75° | 66° |
Flying in and out of Lolita
The nearest airport, Victoria Regional, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is William P Hobby, about 94 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lolita
Schools across Lolita average an A−, better than 84% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Industrial El EastB+ · 53% proficient
- Ganado ElB · 45% proficient
- Edna ElC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Industrial J HA · 63% proficient
- Edna J HB+ · 48% proficient
- Palacios J HC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Industrial H SA− · 67% proficient
- Edna H SB+ · 52% proficient
- Palacios H SB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lolita school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lolita 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 Lolita against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lolita
Is Lolita a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lolita ranks 41,512th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, low taxes, and good schools, and lowest on disaster risk and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lolita expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $220,157. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $53,931 median income, cost of living beats 20% of towns.
Is Lolita safe?
Lolita is safer than 21% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $508 per resident a year.
Compare Lolita with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lolita. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lolita 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.
Lolita detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lolita: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lolita: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lolita: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lolita: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lolita 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.