Best PlacesSaragosa, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Saragosa, 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.
Saragosa ranks 44,640th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Saragosa
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.
Saragosa's strengths and weaknesses
Where Saragosa ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 98% of towns
- Short commute16.5 minutes each way, better than 96% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 89% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 139 pleasant days a year, better than 89% of towns
Where Saragosa ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Saragosa
A household needs to earn about $14,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Saragosa home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,673, 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 Saragosa's effective rate of 0.45%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Saragosa
Saragosa runs older 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 Saragosa.
Who works in Saragosa, and how
Work in Saragosa centers on education and utilities. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 97%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Saragosa
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Saragosa.
What the weather is like in Saragosa, month by month
Saragosa sees roughly 139 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 101 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs March, April, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 44° | 31° |
| April | 86° | 67° | 50° |
| July | 101° | 86° | 72° |
| October | 84° | 66° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Saragosa
The nearest airport, Cavern City Air Terminal, is about 99 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 325 miles away.
The best schools in and around Saragosa
Schools across Saragosa average a D, better than 7% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Haynes ElC · 31% proficient
- Fort Stockton Alamo ElC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fort Stockton MiddleD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Fort Stockton HighC− · 28% proficient
- Pecos H SD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Saragosa school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Saragosa 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 Saragosa against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Saragosa
Is Saragosa a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Saragosa ranks 44,640th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, short commutes, and low taxes, and lowest on thin health care access and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Saragosa expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $54,300. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $66,673 median income, cost of living beats 28% of towns.
Is Saragosa safe?
Saragosa is safer than 2% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $995 per resident a year.
Compare Saragosa with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Saragosa. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Saragosa 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.
Saragosa detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Saragosa: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Saragosa: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Saragosa: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Saragosa: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Saragosa 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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