Best PlacesTexico, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Texico, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Texico ranks 34,621st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Texico
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.
Texico's strengths and weaknesses
Where Texico ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 77% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 65% of towns
Where Texico ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 7% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 13% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Texico
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Texico home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,561, 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 Texico's effective rate of 1.40%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Texico
Texico runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Texico.
Who works in Texico, and how
Work in Texico centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Texico
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Texico.
What the weather is like in Texico, month by month
Texico sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 32° | 24° |
| April | 69° | 56° | 44° |
| July | 90° | 78° | 67° |
| October | 72° | 58° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Texico
The nearest airport, Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois, is about 48 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 86 miles away.
The best schools in and around Texico
Schools across Texico average a D, better than 7% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Iuka Comm Cons SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Farrington Elem SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Rome Comm Cons Elem SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Salem Community High SchoolD− · 18% proficient
- Mount Vernon High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
- Wayne City High SchoolF · 10% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Texico school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Texico 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 Texico against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Texico
Is Texico a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Texico ranks 34,621st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, fast internet, and a stable housing market, and lowest on taxes and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Texico expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $146,043. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $67,561 median income, cost of living beats 41% of towns.
Is Texico safe?
Yes, Texico is safer than 96% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $119 per resident a year.
Compare Texico with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Texico. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Texico 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.
Texico detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Texico: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Texico: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Texico: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Texico: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Texico 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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