Best PlacesMadero, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Madero, 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.
Madero ranks 33,663rd 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 Madero
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.
Madero's strengths and weaknesses
Where Madero ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 183 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 95% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 93% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
Where Madero ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 4% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Madero
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Madero home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,976, 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 Madero's effective rate of 1.90%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Madero
Madero runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Madero.
Who works in Madero, and how
Work in Madero centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Madero
Madero has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Madero and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Madero, month by month
Madero sees roughly 183 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 99 degrees. January highs sit near 74, with lows near 52. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 74° | 62° | 52° |
| April | 90° | 77° | 69° |
| July | 99° | 87° | 78° |
| October | 90° | 78° | 69° |
Flying in and out of Madero
The nearest airport, McAllen International, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 231 miles away.
The best schools in and around Madero
Schools across Madero average a C−, better than 20% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Jose De Escandon ElD+ · 23% proficient
- Leal ElD · 16% proficient
- Castro ElD− · 12% proficient
Top middle schools
- B L Gray J HB+ · 52% proficient
- White J HD · 19% proficient
- Mission J HD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Thelma Rosa Salinas Stem Early College H SB+ · 52% proficient
- Mission Collegiate H SB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Madero school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Madero 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 Madero against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Madero
Is Madero a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Madero ranks 33,663rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, biking, and cell coverage, and lowest on summer heat and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Madero expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $123,218. The overall cost of living runs about 24% below the national average. Set against a $71,976 median income, cost of living beats 67% of towns.
Is Madero safe?
Madero is safer than 24% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $458 per resident a year.
Compare Madero with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Madero. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Madero 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.
Madero detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Madero: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Madero: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Madero: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Madero: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Madero 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.