Best PlacesMount Lucas, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mount Lucas, 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.
Mount Lucas ranks 37,696th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mount Lucas
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.
Mount Lucas' strengths and weaknesses
Where Mount Lucas ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 189 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
- School gradeB, better than 72% of towns
Where Mount Lucas ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Short commute44.5 minutes each way, better than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mount Lucas
A household needs to earn about $34,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mount Lucas home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,065, 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 Mount Lucas' effective rate of 0.65%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Mount Lucas
Mount Lucas's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mount Lucas.
Who works in Mount Lucas, and how
Work in Mount Lucas centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Mount Lucas
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mount Lucas.
What the weather is like in Mount Lucas, month by month
Mount Lucas sees roughly 189 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 68, with lows near 45. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68° | 55° | 45° |
| April | 84° | 72° | 62° |
| July | 96° | 84° | 75° |
| October | 87° | 74° | 64° |
Flying in and out of Mount Lucas
The nearest airport, Corpus Christi International, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 98 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mount Lucas
Schools across Mount Lucas average a B, better than 72% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- George West PriA · 70% proficient
- Mathis IntC · 34% proficient
Top middle schools
- George West J HA− · 53% proficient
- Mathis MiddleC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- George West H SB+ · 55% proficient
- Mathis H SC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mount Lucas school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mount Lucas 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 Mount Lucas against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mount Lucas
Is Mount Lucas a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mount Lucas ranks 37,696th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, the weather, and low taxes, and lowest on summer heat and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mount Lucas expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $131,129. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $65,065 median income, cost of living beats 45% of towns.
Is Mount Lucas safe?
Mount Lucas is safer than 12% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $614 per resident a year.
Compare Mount Lucas with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mount Lucas. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mount Lucas 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.
Mount Lucas detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mount Lucas: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mount Lucas: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mount Lucas: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mount Lucas: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mount Lucas 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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