Best PlacesVictoria County, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Victoria County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages are not the whole story, and the strongest areas score well above them. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Victoria County ranks 2,075th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Victoria County
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.
The best areas in Victoria County
The parts of Victoria County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Inez
More adults hold degrees, local pay stretches further, and more residents vote.
Victoria
Fewer homes sit empty.
Bloomington
Fewer households have young kids and commutes are longer.
Scores across Victoria County run from about the 1st to the 83rd percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Victoria County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Victoria County ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of counties
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 90% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than 84% of counties
- Internet speedBetter than 80% of counties
- WalkabilityBetter than 78% of counties
Where Victoria County ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of counties
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 7% of counties
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of counties
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 8% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than only 10% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Victoria County
A household needs to earn about $60,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Victoria County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $74,075, 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 Victoria County's effective rate of 1.42%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Victoria County
Victoria County's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Victoria County.
Who works in Victoria County, and how
Work in Victoria County centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Victoria County
Victoria County has less parkland per resident than most counties. That concentrates in some parts of Victoria County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Victoria County growing, and who is moving in?
Victoria County has grown about 1% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Houston, TX.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Victoria County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Victoria County, month by month
Victoria County sees roughly 123 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 70, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 70° | 55° | 43° |
| April | 84° | 71° | 59° |
| July | 96° | 84° | 75° |
| October | 88° | 72° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Victoria County
The nearest airport, Victoria Regional, is about 5 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 102 miles away.
The best schools in and around Victoria County
Schools across Victoria County average a C, better than 32% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Industrial El WestA · 63% proficient
- Nursery ElA · 63% proficient
- Vickers ElB+ · 51% proficient
Top middle schools
- Industrial J HA · 63% proficient
- Edna J HB+ · 48% proficient
- Harold Cade MiddleB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Industrial H SA− · 67% proficient
- Edna H SB+ · 52% proficient
- Refugio H SB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Victoria County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Victoria County 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 Victoria County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Victoria County suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 8% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Victoria County
Is Victoria County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Victoria County ranks 2,075th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on cell coverage, low taxes, and clean air, and lowest on summer heat and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Victoria County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $212,524. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $74,075 median income, cost of living beats 68% of counties.
Is Victoria County safe?
Victoria County is safer than 17% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $589 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Victoria County?
July highs average about 96 degrees, and January highs near 70 with lows near 43. That works out to about 123 pleasant days a year, more than 77% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Victoria County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Inez, Victoria, and Bloomington. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Victoria County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Victoria County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Victoria County 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.
Victoria County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Victoria County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Victoria County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Victoria County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Victoria County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Victoria County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.