Best PlacesMiguel, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Miguel, 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.
Miguel ranks 28,141st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Miguel
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.
Miguel's strengths and weaknesses
Where Miguel ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 173 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
- QuietBetter than 75% of towns
Where Miguel ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 4% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Miguel
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Miguel home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,874, 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 Miguel's effective rate of 1.03%, 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 Miguel
Miguel 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 Miguel.
Who works in Miguel, and how
Work in Miguel centers on retail trade and mining & oil & gas. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Miguel
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Miguel.
What the weather is like in Miguel, month by month
Miguel sees roughly 173 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 99 degrees. January highs sit near 68, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68° | 53° | 43° |
| April | 85° | 71° | 61° |
| July | 99° | 85° | 75° |
| October | 87° | 73° | 62° |
Flying in and out of Miguel
San Antonio International sits about 45 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 Miguel
Schools across Miguel average a C, better than 38% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Charlotte ElC · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Charlotte MiddleC− · 28% proficient
- Pearsall J HD− · 14% proficient
Top high schools
- Charlotte H SC+ · 40% proficient
- Pearsall H SD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Miguel school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Miguel 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 Miguel against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Miguel
Is Miguel a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Miguel ranks 28,141st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, low taxes, and low disaster risk, and lowest on civic engagement and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Miguel expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $154,808. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $77,874 median income, cost of living beats 57% of towns.
Is Miguel safe?
Miguel is safer than 37% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $407 per resident a year.
Compare Miguel with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Miguel. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Miguel 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.
Miguel detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Miguel: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Miguel: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Miguel: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Miguel: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Miguel 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.