Best PlacesPetronila, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Petronila, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Petronila ranks 23,930th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Petronila
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.
Petronila's strengths and weaknesses
Where Petronila ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 182 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 88% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 85% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 84% of towns
Where Petronila ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 4% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 5% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Petronila
A household needs to earn about $69,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Petronila home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $92,670, 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 Petronila's effective rate of 1.27%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Petronila
Petronila 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 Petronila.
Who works in Petronila, and how
Work in Petronila centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Petronila
The coast is about 39 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Petronila, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Petronila, month by month
Petronila sees roughly 182 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 71, with lows near 49. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 71° | 58° | 49° |
| April | 85° | 74° | 66° |
| July | 96° | 85° | 76° |
| October | 87° | 75° | 66° |
Flying in and out of Petronila
The nearest airport, Corpus Christi International, is about 10 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 139 miles away.
The best schools in and around Petronila
Schools across Petronila average a C−, better than 28% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Calallen West IntB− · 42% proficient
- Petronila ElC+ · 38% proficient
- Ricardo ElC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ricardo MiddleB+ · 49% proficient
- Lillion E Luehrs J HC− · 28% proficient
- Seale J HD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Calallen H SA− · 62% proficient
- West Oso H SB− · 43% proficient
- Kaufer H SC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Petronila school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Petronila 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 Petronila against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Petronila
Is Petronila a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Petronila ranks 23,930th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, low taxes, and cell coverage, and lowest on summer heat and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Petronila expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $247,848. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $92,670 median income, cost of living beats 85% of towns.
Is Petronila safe?
Petronila is safer than 39% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $391 per resident a year.
Compare Petronila with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Petronila. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Petronila 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.
Petronila detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Petronila: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Petronila: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Petronila: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Petronila: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Petronila 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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