Best PlacesNurillo, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Nurillo, 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.
Nurillo ranks 2,047th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Nurillo
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.
Nurillo's strengths and weaknesses
Where Nurillo ranks high
- QuietBetter than 93% of cities
- Cheap childcare$664 a month, better than 92% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 88% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 147 pleasant days a year, better than 81% of cities
Where Nurillo ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 3% of cities
- Household income$57,497 median, better than only 6% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Nurillo
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Nurillo home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $57,497, 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 Nurillo's effective rate of 1.50%, 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 Nurillo
Nurillo 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 Nurillo.
Who works in Nurillo, and how
Work in Nurillo centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Nurillo
Nurillo has more parkland per resident than 75% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Nurillo and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Nurillo, month by month
Nurillo sees roughly 147 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 74, with lows near 50. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 74° | 60° | 50° |
| April | 89° | 76° | 66° |
| July | 98° | 86° | 76° |
| October | 89° | 76° | 65° |
Flying in and out of Nurillo
The nearest airport, McAllen International, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 225 miles away.
The best schools in and around Nurillo
Schools across Nurillo average a D+, better than 10% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Alfonso Ramirez ElC · 35% proficient
- Brewster ElC− · 28% proficient
- Escandon ElC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- South MiddleC+ · 36% proficient
- B L Garza MiddleC · 32% proficient
- Elias Longoria Sr MiddleD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Robert R Vela H SB− · 41% proficient
- Edinburg North H SC+ · 36% proficient
- Edinburg H SC− · 29% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Nurillo school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Nurillo 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 Nurillo against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Nurillo suits
Common questions about living in Nurillo
Is Nurillo a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Nurillo ranks 2,047th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on quiet, affordable childcare, and low taxes, 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 Nurillo expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $147,785. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $57,497 median income, cost of living beats 11% of cities.
Is Nurillo safe?
Nurillo is safer than 36% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $414 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Nurillo?
July highs average about 98 degrees, and January highs near 74 with lows near 50. That works out to about 147 pleasant days a year, more than 81% of cities.
Is Nurillo good for families?
Schools beat 10% of cities, crime safety beats 36%, and childcare runs $664 a month.
Compare Nurillo with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Nurillo. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Nurillo 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.
Nurillo detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Nurillo: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Nurillo: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Nurillo: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Nurillo: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Nurillo 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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