Best PlacesSandy Hollow-Escondidas, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sandy Hollow-Escondidas, 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.
Sandy Hollow-Escondidas ranks 3,122nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sandy Hollow-Escondidas
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.
Sandy Hollow-Escondidas' strengths and weaknesses
Where Sandy Hollow-Escondidas ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$192,708 median, better than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 191 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- QuietBetter than 90% of towns
Where Sandy Hollow-Escondidas ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 13% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sandy Hollow-Escondidas
A household needs to earn about $119,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sandy Hollow-Escondidas home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $192,708, 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 Sandy Hollow-Escondidas' effective rate of 1.29%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Sandy Hollow-Escondidas
Sandy Hollow-Escondidas 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 Sandy Hollow-Escondidas.
Who works in Sandy Hollow-Escondidas, and how
Work in Sandy Hollow-Escondidas centers on retail trade and admin & support services. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Sandy Hollow-Escondidas
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sandy Hollow-Escondidas.
What the weather is like in Sandy Hollow-Escondidas, month by month
Sandy Hollow-Escondidas sees roughly 191 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 71, with lows near 49. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 71° | 58° | 49° |
| April | 85° | 74° | 66° |
| July | 96° | 85° | 76° |
| October | 87° | 75° | 66° |
Flying in and out of Sandy Hollow-Escondidas
The nearest airport, Corpus Christi International, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 117 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sandy Hollow-Escondidas
Schools across Sandy Hollow-Escondidas average a B−, better than 62% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Banquete ElC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Banquete J HB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Banquete H SB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sandy Hollow-Escondidas school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sandy Hollow-Escondidas 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 Sandy Hollow-Escondidas against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sandy Hollow-Escondidas
Is Sandy Hollow-Escondidas a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sandy Hollow-Escondidas ranks 3,122nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and the weather, 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 Sandy Hollow-Escondidas expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $426,500. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $192,708 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Sandy Hollow-Escondidas safe?
Sandy Hollow-Escondidas is safer than 51% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $347 per resident a year.
Compare Sandy Hollow-Escondidas with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sandy Hollow-Escondidas. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sandy Hollow-Escondidas 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.
Sandy Hollow-Escondidas detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sandy Hollow-Escondidas: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sandy Hollow-Escondidas: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sandy Hollow-Escondidas: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sandy Hollow-Escondidas: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sandy Hollow-Escondidas 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.
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