Best PlacesRandolph AFB, TX Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood in and around Randolph AFB, 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.

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Randolph AFB ranks 1,440th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.

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The best neighborhoods in Randolph AFB

Map of the best neighborhoods in the Randolph AFB area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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Randolph AFB's strengths and weaknesses

#1440Best US town overall
Top 1%Population health
Top 3%An educated workforce
Top 5%Short commutes
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare Randolph AFB with other towns.

Where Randolph AFB ranks high

  • Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
  • Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
  • Short commute16.8 minutes each way, better than 95% of towns
  • Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of towns
  • WalkabilityBetter than 94% of towns

Where Randolph AFB ranks low

  • Voter turnoutBetter than only 3% of towns
  • Healthcare accessBetter than only 6% of towns
  • Tree shadeBetter than only 9% of towns
  • Low property taxBetter than only 9% of towns
  • Air qualityBetter than only 20% of towns

Who lives in Randolph AFB

Randolph AFB runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.

Median age
23
younger than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
0%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
3.4
above the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1839%
18 to 3431%
35 to 4917%
50 to 6413%
65 and older0%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Randolph AFB.


Who works in Randolph AFB, and how

Work in Randolph AFB centers on retail trade and public administration. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.

Work from home
28%
above the national average
Unemployment
2.0%
below the national average
Job growth
−0.8%
/y 2019-2023, slower than the national pace

Largest industries

Retail trade24%
Public administration18%
Health care & social15%
Hospitality & food10%
Education10%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 52%
  • Work from home 28%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 21%

Life in Randolph AFB

Randolph AFB has more restaurants and bars per resident than 95% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Randolph AFB and thins out in others, which the map shows.

Places to eat and drink
21
restaurants, bars, and fast food, about 164.1 per 10,000 residents, more than 95% of towns

What the weather is like in Randolph AFB, month by month

Randolph AFB sees roughly 143 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 65, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January65°52°42°
April82°70°60°
July97°84°75°
October84°72°61°

Flying in and out of Randolph AFB

San Antonio International sits about 11 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.3 million passengers in 2025, with 87 nonstop destinations.

Nearest airport
SAT
San Antonio International, about 11 miles
Airport size
Medium hub
43rd-busiest in the US, 87 nonstop destinations
Average drive
16 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around Randolph AFB

Schools across Randolph AFB average an A, better than 91% of towns.

Top elementary schools

Top middle schools

Top high schools

Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Randolph AFB school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


Randolph AFB 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 Randolph AFB against the other 50,332 towns.


Common questions about living in Randolph AFB

Is Randolph AFB a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Randolph AFB ranks 1,440th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, an educated workforce, and short commutes, and lowest on civic engagement and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is Randolph AFB safe?

Randolph AFB is safer than 22% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $485 per resident a year.

What is the weather like in Randolph AFB?

July highs average about 97 degrees, and January highs near 65 with lows near 42. That works out to about 143 pleasant days a year, more than 90% of towns.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Randolph AFB. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Randolph AFB 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.

Randolph AFB detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for Randolph AFB: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in Randolph AFB: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of Randolph AFB: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in Randolph AFB: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

Randolph AFB detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. 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.
  2. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  3. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  4. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  5. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  6. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  7. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  8. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  9. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  10. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  11. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.