Best PlacesLytle, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lytle, 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.
Lytle ranks 27,151st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lytle
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.
Lytle's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lytle ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 95% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 141 pleasant days a year, better than 90% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 84% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
Where Lytle ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 12% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 13% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lytle
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lytle home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,354, 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 Lytle's effective rate of 1.21%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lytle
Lytle's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Lytle.
Who works in Lytle, and how
Work in Lytle 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 85%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Lytle
Lytle has more restaurants and bars per resident than 85% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Lytle and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lytle, month by month
Lytle sees roughly 141 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 53° | 42° |
| April | 83° | 71° | 61° |
| July | 97° | 85° | 75° |
| October | 85° | 72° | 62° |
Flying in and out of Lytle
San Antonio International sits about 29 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.3 million passengers in 2025, with 87 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Lytle
Schools across Lytle average a C−, better than 21% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lacoste ElC+ · 37% proficient
- Elm Creek ElC− · 29% proficient
- Poteet IntC− · 26% proficient
Top middle schools
- Medina Valley MiddleB+ · 51% proficient
- Ronald E Mcnair MiddleC− · 29% proficient
- Lytle J HC− · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Shirleen Zacharias Early Clge Leadership AcademyA− · 63% proficient
- Medina Valley H SB+ · 53% proficient
- Southwest H SC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lytle school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lytle 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 Lytle against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lytle
Is Lytle a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lytle ranks 27,151st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, low taxes, and the weather, and lowest on thin health care access and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lytle expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $210,207. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $78,354 median income, cost of living beats 58% of towns.
Is Lytle safe?
Lytle is safer than 39% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $425 per resident a year.
Compare Lytle with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lytle. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lytle 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.
Lytle detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lytle: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lytle: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lytle: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lytle: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lytle 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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