Best PlacesVidor, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Vidor, 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.
Vidor ranks 34,579th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Vidor
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.
Vidor's strengths and weaknesses
Where Vidor ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 81% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 78% of towns
Where Vidor ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 14% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 20% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Vidor
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Vidor home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,387, 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 Vidor's effective rate of 1.12%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Vidor
Vidor'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 Vidor.
Who works in Vidor, and how
Work in Vidor centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Vidor
Vidor has more restaurants and bars per resident than 68% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Vidor and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Vidor, month by month
Vidor sees roughly 103 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 45. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 53° | 45° |
| April | 79° | 70° | 62° |
| July | 92° | 83° | 76° |
| October | 83° | 72° | 63° |
Flying in and out of Vidor
The nearest airport, Jack Brooks Regional, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is George Bush Intcntl/Houston, about 81 miles away.
The best schools in and around Vidor
Schools across Vidor average a B−, better than 60% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lumberton PriA− · 56% proficient
- Vidor ElB · 45% proficient
- Pine Forest ElB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lumberton MiddleA− · 53% proficient
- Orangefield J HB · 47% proficient
- Mauriceville MiddleB− · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Lumberton H SA− · 62% proficient
- Orangefield H SB+ · 57% proficient
- Beaumont Isd Early College H SB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Vidor school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Vidor 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 Vidor against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Vidor suits
Common questions about living in Vidor
Is Vidor a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Vidor ranks 34,579th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, a stable housing market, and cell coverage, and lowest on disaster risk and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Vidor expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $160,682. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $79,387 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Vidor safe?
Vidor is safer than 34% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $441 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Vidor?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 64 with lows near 45. That works out to about 103 pleasant days a year, more than 70% of towns.
Is Vidor good for families?
Schools beat 60% of towns, crime safety beats 34%, and childcare runs $623 a month.
Compare Vidor with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Vidor. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Vidor 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.
Vidor detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Vidor: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Vidor: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Vidor: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Vidor: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Vidor 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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