Best PlacesMendoza, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mendoza, 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.
Mendoza ranks 35,469th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Mendoza
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.
Mendoza's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mendoza ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 91% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 134 pleasant days a year, better than 87% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 86% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 83% of towns
Where Mendoza ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of towns
- Short commute46.2 minutes each way, better than only 2% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 3% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mendoza
A household needs to earn about $89,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mendoza home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $77,130, 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 Mendoza's effective rate of 0.89%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Mendoza
Mendoza 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 Mendoza.
Who works in Mendoza, and how
Work in Mendoza centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Mendoza
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mendoza.
What the weather is like in Mendoza, month by month
Mendoza sees roughly 134 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 99 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 50° | 38° |
| April | 83° | 68° | 56° |
| July | 99° | 85° | 74° |
| October | 86° | 71° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Mendoza
Austin-Bergstrom International sits about 13 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 10.7 million passengers in 2025, with 127 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Mendoza
Schools across Mendoza average a C−, better than 23% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bluebonnet ElD+ · 24% proficient
- Creedmoor ElD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dr T C Mccormick Jr MiddleC · 33% proficient
- Lockhart J HD+ · 27% proficient
- Del Valle MiddleD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Lockhart H SC+ · 39% proficient
- Del Valle H SD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mendoza school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mendoza 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 Mendoza against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mendoza
Is Mendoza a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mendoza ranks 35,469th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, a strong job market, and the weather, and lowest on thin health care access and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mendoza expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $336,498. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $77,130 median income, cost of living beats 60% of towns.
Is Mendoza safe?
Mendoza is safer than 50% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $357 per resident a year.
Compare Mendoza with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mendoza. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mendoza 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.
Mendoza detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mendoza: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mendoza: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mendoza: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mendoza: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mendoza 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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