Best PlacesSeco Mines, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Seco Mines, 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.
Seco Mines ranks 36,933rd 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 Seco Mines
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.
Seco Mines' strengths and weaknesses
Where Seco Mines ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 166 pleasant days a year, better than 96% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 95% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 86% of towns
Where Seco Mines ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 9% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Seco Mines
A household needs to earn about $90,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Seco Mines home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $53,894, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Seco Mines' effective rate of 1.31%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Seco Mines
Seco Mines 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 Seco Mines.
Who works in Seco Mines, and how
Work in Seco Mines centers on education and public administration. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Seco Mines
Seco Mines has more restaurants and bars per resident than 97% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Seco Mines and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Seco Mines, month by month
Seco Mines sees roughly 166 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 99 degrees. January highs sit near 67, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 67° | 52° | 40° |
| April | 87° | 72° | 61° |
| July | 99° | 87° | 76° |
| October | 85° | 72° | 62° |
Flying in and out of Seco Mines
The nearest airport, Del Rio International, is about 51 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 134 miles away.
The best schools in and around Seco Mines
Schools across Seco Mines average a C−, better than 27% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Liberty ElC− · 27% proficient
- Armando Cerna ElD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Eagle Pass J HC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Eagle Pass H SC+ · 37% proficient
- C C Winn H SC− · 29% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Seco Mines school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Seco Mines 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 Seco Mines against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Seco Mines
Is Seco Mines a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Seco Mines ranks 36,933rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, walkability, and low taxes, and lowest on thin health care access and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Seco Mines expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $323,848. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $53,894 median income, cost of living beats 24% of towns.
Is Seco Mines safe?
Seco Mines is safer than 47% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $365 per resident a year.
Compare Seco Mines with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Seco Mines. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Seco Mines 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.
Seco Mines detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Seco Mines: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Seco Mines: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Seco Mines: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Seco Mines: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Seco Mines 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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