Best PlacesVilla Nueva, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Villa Nueva, 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 Nueva ranks 43,041st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Villa Nueva
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 Nueva's strengths and weaknesses
Where Villa Nueva ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 95% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 160 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- BikingBetter than 88% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 83% of towns
Where Villa Nueva ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Household income$42,776 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Villa Nueva
A household needs to earn about $16,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Villa Nueva home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $42,776, 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 Nueva's effective rate of 1.38%, 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 Nueva
Villa Nueva runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Villa Nueva.
Who works in Villa Nueva, and how
Work in Villa Nueva centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Villa Nueva
The coast is about 34 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Villa Nueva, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Villa Nueva, month by month
Villa Nueva sees roughly 160 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 Nueva
The nearest airport, Brownsville/South Padre Island International, is about 11 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 252 miles away.
The best schools in and around Villa Nueva
Schools across Villa Nueva average a C+, better than 58% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Garden Park ElD+ · 22% proficient
- Villa Nueva ElD · 17% proficient
- Skinner ElD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- Stillman MiddleC · 35% proficient
- Manzano MiddleC · 33% proficient
- Stell MiddleD− · 16% proficient
Top high schools
- Brownsville Early College H SA · 73% proficient
- Pace Early College H SC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Villa Nueva school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Villa Nueva 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 Nueva against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Villa Nueva
Is Villa Nueva a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Villa Nueva ranks 43,041st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, the weather, and low taxes, and lowest on thin health care access and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Villa Nueva expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $55,180. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $42,776 median income, cost of living beats 12% of towns.
Is Villa Nueva safe?
Villa Nueva is safer than 42% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $377 per resident a year.
Compare Villa Nueva with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Villa Nueva. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Villa Nueva 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 Nueva detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Villa Nueva: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Villa Nueva: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Villa Nueva: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Villa Nueva: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Villa Nueva 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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