Best PlacesLos Indios, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Los Indios, 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.
Los Indios ranks 45,163rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Los Indios
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.
Los Indios' strengths and weaknesses
Where Los Indios ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 179 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 88% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
Where Los Indios ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 4% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Los Indios
A household needs to earn about $29,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Los Indios home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $52,808, 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 Los Indios' effective rate of 1.30%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Los Indios
Los Indios runs younger 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 Los Indios.
Who works in Los Indios, and how
Work in Los Indios centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Los Indios
Los Indios has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of towns. The coast is about 45 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Los Indios and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Los Indios, month by month
Los Indios sees roughly 179 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 73, with lows near 51. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 73° | 60° | 51° |
| April | 87° | 75° | 66° |
| July | 96° | 85° | 76° |
| October | 88° | 76° | 66° |
Flying in and out of Los Indios
The nearest airport, Valley International, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 245 miles away.
The best schools in and around Los Indios
Schools across Los Indios average a D, better than 5% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Rangerville ElD− · 13% proficient
Top middle schools
- San Benito Riverside MiddleD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- San Benito H SD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Los Indios school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Los Indios 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 Los Indios against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Los Indios
Is Los Indios a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Los Indios ranks 45,163rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, a stable housing market, and low taxes, and lowest on education levels and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Los Indios expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $105,431. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $52,808 median income, cost of living beats 20% of towns.
Is Los Indios safe?
Los Indios is safer than 10% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $639 per resident a year.
Compare Los Indios with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Los Indios. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Los Indios 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.
Los Indios detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Los Indios: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Los Indios: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Los Indios: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Los Indios: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Los Indios 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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