Best PlacesNatalia, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Natalia, 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.
Natalia ranks 39,339th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Natalia
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.
Natalia's strengths and weaknesses
Where Natalia ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 149 pleasant days a year, better than 92% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 88% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 76% of towns
Where Natalia ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 4% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 10% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Natalia
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Natalia home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,224, 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 Natalia's effective rate of 1.26%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Natalia
Natalia'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 Natalia.
Who works in Natalia, and how
Work in Natalia centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Natalia
Natalia has more restaurants and bars per resident than 69% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Natalia and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Natalia, month by month
Natalia sees roughly 149 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 Natalia
San Antonio International sits about 34 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 Natalia
Schools across Natalia average a C−, better than 28% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Devine Intermediate SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Natalia ElD+ · 21% proficient
Top middle schools
- Devine MiddleC+ · 39% proficient
- Lytle J HC− · 27% proficient
- Natalia J HD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Devine H SB− · 43% proficient
- Natalia H SC · 32% proficient
- Lytle H SC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Natalia school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Natalia 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 Natalia against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Natalia
Is Natalia a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Natalia ranks 39,339th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, the weather, and cell coverage, and lowest on summer heat and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Natalia expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $188,500. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $68,224 median income, cost of living beats 34% of towns.
Is Natalia safe?
Natalia is safer than 19% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $526 per resident a year.
Compare Natalia with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Natalia. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Natalia 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.
Natalia detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Natalia: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Natalia: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Natalia: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Natalia: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Natalia 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.