Best PlacesRabb, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rabb, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Rabb ranks 19,281st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Rabb
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.
Rabb's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rabb ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 188 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 92% of towns
- Household income$105,689 median, better than 88% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 87% of towns
Where Rabb ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 7% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rabb
A household needs to earn about $101,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rabb home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $105,689, 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 Rabb's effective rate of 1.02%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Rabb
Rabb 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 Rabb.
Who works in Rabb, and how
Work in Rabb centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Rabb
The coast is about 42 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Rabb, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Rabb, month by month
Rabb sees roughly 188 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 Rabb
The nearest airport, Corpus Christi International, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 126 miles away.
The best schools in and around Rabb
Schools across Rabb average a C+, better than 55% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Calallen Wood River ElB+ · 55% proficient
- Calallen West IntB− · 42% proficient
- Banquete ElC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Banquete J HB+ · 48% proficient
- Seale J HD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Calallen H SA− · 62% proficient
- Banquete H SB− · 42% proficient
- Robstown Early College H SC · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rabb school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rabb 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 Rabb against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rabb
Is Rabb a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rabb ranks 19,281st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, low taxes, and what local pay buys, and lowest on tree cover and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rabb expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $375,956. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $105,689 median income, cost of living beats 92% of towns.
Is Rabb safe?
Rabb is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $692 per resident a year.
Compare Rabb with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rabb. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rabb 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.
Rabb detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rabb: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rabb: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rabb: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rabb: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rabb 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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