Best PlacesRio Bravo, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rio Bravo, 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.
Rio Bravo ranks 45,047th 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 Rio Bravo
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.
Rio Bravo's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rio Bravo ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 197 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 92% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 90% of towns
Where Rio Bravo ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rio Bravo
A household needs to earn about $26,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rio Bravo home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $51,564, 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 Rio Bravo's effective rate of 0.91%, 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 Rio Bravo
Rio Bravo 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 Rio Bravo.
Who works in Rio Bravo, and how
Work in Rio Bravo centers on construction and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Rio Bravo
Rio Bravo has more restaurants and bars per resident than 88% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Rio Bravo and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Rio Bravo, month by month
Rio Bravo sees roughly 197 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 102 degrees. January highs sit near 71, with lows near 47. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 71° | 57° | 47° |
| April | 91° | 76° | 65° |
| July | 102° | 89° | 77° |
| October | 89° | 76° | 66° |
Flying in and out of Rio Bravo
The nearest airport, Laredo International, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 161 miles away.
The best schools in and around Rio Bravo
Schools across Rio Bravo average a C−, better than 20% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Col Santos Benavides ElC+ · 35% proficient
- Charles Borchers ElC+ · 35% proficient
- Judith Zaffirini ElD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- United MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
- Trautmann MiddleB · 46% proficient
- Los Obispos MiddleC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- John B Alexander H SB+ · 52% proficient
- United H SB · 50% proficient
- United South H SB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rio Bravo school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rio Bravo 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 Rio Bravo against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rio Bravo
Is Rio Bravo a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rio Bravo ranks 45,047th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, low taxes, and walkability, 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 Rio Bravo expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $98,179. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $51,564 median income, cost of living beats 9% of towns.
Is Rio Bravo safe?
Rio Bravo is safer than 5% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $910 per resident a year.
Compare Rio Bravo with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rio Bravo. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rio Bravo 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.
Rio Bravo detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rio Bravo: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rio Bravo: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rio Bravo: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rio Bravo: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rio Bravo 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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