Best PlacesRobert Lee, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Robert Lee, 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.
Robert Lee ranks 40,494th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and low incomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Robert Lee
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.
Robert Lee's strengths and weaknesses
Where Robert Lee ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 161 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Cheap childcare$518 a month, better than 90% of towns
- Short commute20.1 minutes each way, better than 87% of towns
Where Robert Lee ranks low
- Household income$40,128 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 8% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Robert Lee
A household needs to earn about $18,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Robert Lee home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $40,128, 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 Robert Lee's effective rate of 1.03%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Robert Lee
Robert Lee runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Robert Lee.
Who works in Robert Lee, and how
Work in Robert Lee centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Robert Lee
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Robert Lee.
What the weather is like in Robert Lee, month by month
Robert Lee sees roughly 161 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 43° | 30° |
| April | 82° | 64° | 51° |
| July | 98° | 83° | 70° |
| October | 81° | 65° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Robert Lee
The nearest airport, San Angelo Regional/Mathis Field, is about 37 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 203 miles away.
The best schools in and around Robert Lee
Schools across Robert Lee average a C, better than 39% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Forsan ElC+ · 38% proficient
- Winters ElC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Robert Lee school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Robert Lee 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 Robert Lee against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Robert Lee
Is Robert Lee a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Robert Lee ranks 40,494th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, fast internet, and low taxes, and lowest on low incomes and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Robert Lee expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $68,366. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $40,128 median income, cost of living beats 8% of towns.
Is Robert Lee safe?
Robert Lee is safer than 19% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $521 per resident a year.
Compare Robert Lee with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Robert Lee. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Robert Lee 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.
Robert Lee detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Robert Lee: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Robert Lee: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Robert Lee: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Robert Lee: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Robert Lee 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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