Best PlacesVilla Cavazos, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Villa Cavazos, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Villa Cavazos ranks 41,466th 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 Villa Cavazos
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.
Villa Cavazos' strengths and weaknesses
Where Villa Cavazos ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 162 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 88% of towns
- Short commute21.6 minutes each way, better than 82% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
Where Villa Cavazos ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 4% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Villa Cavazos
A household needs to earn about $32,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Villa Cavazos home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,940, 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 Villa Cavazos' effective rate of 1.36%, 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 2 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Villa Cavazos
Villa Cavazos 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 Villa Cavazos.
Who works in Villa Cavazos, and how
Work in Villa Cavazos centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Villa Cavazos
The coast is about 36 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Villa Cavazos, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Villa Cavazos, month by month
Villa Cavazos sees roughly 162 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 75, with lows near 52. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 75° | 62° | 52° |
| April | 88° | 76° | 67° |
| July | 96° | 85° | 78° |
| October | 89° | 77° | 68° |
Flying in and out of Villa Cavazos
The nearest airport, Brownsville/South Padre Island International, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 248 miles away.
The best schools in and around Villa Cavazos
Schools across Villa Cavazos average a D+, better than 19% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- La Encantada ElD · 18% proficient
- Villa Nueva ElD · 17% proficient
- Angela Gerusa Leal ElF · 9% proficient
Top middle schools
- Stillman MiddleC · 35% proficient
- San Benito Riverside MiddleD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Brownsville Early College H SA · 73% proficient
- San Benito H SD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Villa Cavazos school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Villa Cavazos 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 Villa Cavazos against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Villa Cavazos
Is Villa Cavazos a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Villa Cavazos ranks 41,466th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, low taxes, and cell coverage, and lowest on thin health care access and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Villa Cavazos expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $113,026. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $54,940 median income, cost of living beats 30% of towns.
Is Villa Cavazos safe?
Villa Cavazos is safer than 46% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $368 per resident a year.
Compare Villa Cavazos with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Villa Cavazos. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Villa Cavazos 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.
Villa Cavazos detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Villa Cavazos: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Villa Cavazos: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Villa Cavazos: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Villa Cavazos: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Villa Cavazos 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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