Best PlacesSanco, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sanco, 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.
Sanco ranks 36,291st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sanco
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.
Sanco's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sanco ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 163 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Cheap childcare$518 a month, better than 90% of towns
Where Sanco ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 10% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sanco
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sanco home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $57,256, 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 Sanco's effective rate of 0.96%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Sanco
Sanco 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 Sanco.
Who works in Sanco, and how
Work in Sanco centers on health care & social and finance & insurance. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Sanco
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sanco.
What the weather is like in Sanco, month by month
Sanco sees roughly 163 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 Sanco
The nearest airport, San Angelo Regional/Mathis Field, is about 46 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Austin-Bergstrom International, about 208 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sanco
Schools across Sanco average a C+, better than 50% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Winters ElC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sanco school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sanco 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 Sanco against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sanco
Is Sanco a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sanco ranks 36,291st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, the weather, and low taxes, and lowest on biking and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sanco expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $129,434. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $57,256 median income, cost of living beats 38% of towns.
Is Sanco safe?
Sanco is safer than 14% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $575 per resident a year.
Compare Sanco with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sanco. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sanco 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.
Sanco detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sanco: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sanco: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sanco: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sanco: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sanco 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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