Best PlacesRaymondville, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Raymondville, 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.
Raymondville ranks 40,948th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Raymondville
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.
Raymondville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Raymondville ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 199 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Short commute16.1 minutes each way, better than 96% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 95% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 95% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of towns
Where Raymondville ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Raymondville
A household needs to earn about $17,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Raymondville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $55,935, 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 Raymondville's effective rate of 1.54%, 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 2 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Raymondville
Raymondville 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 Raymondville.
Who works in Raymondville, and how
Work in Raymondville centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Raymondville
Raymondville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 78% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Raymondville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Raymondville, month by month
Raymondville sees roughly 199 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 74, with lows near 50. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 74° | 60° | 50° |
| April | 89° | 75° | 66° |
| July | 98° | 85° | 76° |
| October | 89° | 75° | 65° |
Flying in and out of Raymondville
The nearest airport, Valley International, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 216 miles away.
The best schools in and around Raymondville
Schools across Raymondville average a C−, better than 25% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sarita ElA− · 62% proficient
- San Perlita ElA− · 58% proficient
- Pittman ElC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Myra Green MiddleC− · 31% proficient
- Lyford MiddleC− · 29% proficient
- San Perlita MiddleD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Kaufer H SC+ · 40% proficient
- Lyford H SC · 32% proficient
- Raymondville H SC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Raymondville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Raymondville 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 Raymondville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Raymondville
Is Raymondville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Raymondville ranks 40,948th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, short commutes, and cell coverage, 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 Raymondville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $60,133. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $55,935 median income, cost of living beats 27% of towns.
Is Raymondville safe?
Raymondville is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $485 per resident a year.
Compare Raymondville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Raymondville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Raymondville 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.
Raymondville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Raymondville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Raymondville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Raymondville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Raymondville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Raymondville 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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