Best PlacesPremont, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Premont, 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.
Premont ranks 44,874th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Premont
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.
Premont's strengths and weaknesses
Where Premont ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 192 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Short commute12.6 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 97% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 95% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
Where Premont ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Premont
A household needs to earn about $30,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Premont home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $48,278, 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 Premont's effective rate of 1.08%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Premont
Premont runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Premont.
Who works in Premont, and how
Work in Premont centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, 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 Premont
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Premont.
What the weather is like in Premont, month by month
Premont sees roughly 192 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 72, with lows near 48. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 72° | 58° | 48° |
| April | 88° | 75° | 65° |
| July | 98° | 85° | 75° |
| October | 88° | 74° | 64° |
Flying in and out of Premont
The nearest airport, Corpus Christi International, is about 48 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 152 miles away.
The best schools in and around Premont
Schools across Premont average a D+, better than 13% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Santa Gertrudis SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- La Gloria ElC− · 28% proficient
- Ben Bolt-palito Blanco ElD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Santa Gertrudis Academy H SB+ · 58% proficient
- Premont Collegiate H SD · 23% proficient
- Ben Bolt-palito Blanco H SD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Premont school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Premont 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 Premont against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Premont
Is Premont a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Premont ranks 44,874th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, short commutes, and walkability, and lowest on education levels and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Premont expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $110,913. The overall cost of living runs about 32% below the national average. Set against a $48,278 median income, cost of living beats 25% of towns.
Is Premont safe?
Premont is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $740 per resident a year.
Compare Premont with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Premont. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Premont 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.
Premont detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Premont: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Premont: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Premont: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Premont: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Premont 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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