Best PlacesWebb County, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Webb County, 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.
Webb County ranks 1,652nd of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It does not top any single list, but it lands above the national middle on the weather and walkability. The weaker spots are civic engagement, thin health care access, and education levels.
The best neighborhoods in Webb 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 Webb County
The parts of Webb 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.
Laredo
Crime runs lower and heat risk is lower.
Rio Bravo
Local pay stretches less far and incomes run lower.
El Cenizo
More homes sit empty and health outcomes score lower.
Webb County shows why a single number is not enough. Some neighborhoods score in the bottom 4% of the country and others in the top 6%. Pick the area first, then the home.
Webb County's strengths and weaknesses
Webb County lands in the middle because its strengths and weaknesses roughly balance. The weather is the standout, in the top 1% of counties. Walkability and cell coverage follow.
The one real hole is civic engagement, near the bottom of the country. Thin health care access and education levels also cost it ground. The detail is below, and the map is where it turns into a choice of neighborhood rather than just a place.
Where Webb County ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 198 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of counties
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of counties
- Disaster safetyBetter than 95% of counties
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 90% of counties
Where Webb County ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of counties
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of counties
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than only 5% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Webb County
A household needs to earn about $54,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Webb County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,985, 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 Webb County's effective rate of 1.61%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Webb County
Webb County 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 Webb County.
Who works in Webb County, and how
Work in Webb County centers on transportation & warehousing 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 90%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Webb County
Webb County has more restaurants and bars per resident than 90% of counties and more parkland per resident than 75% of counties. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Webb County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Webb County growing, and who is moving in?
Webb County has grown about 2% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from San Antonio, TX.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Webb County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Webb County, month by month
Webb County sees roughly 198 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 102 degrees. January highs sit near 71, with lows near 47. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 71° | 57° | 47° |
| April | 91° | 76° | 65° |
| July | 102° | 89° | 77° |
| October | 89° | 76° | 66° |
Flying in and out of Webb County
The nearest airport, Laredo International, is about 2 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is San Antonio International, about 152 miles away.
The best schools in and around Webb County
Schools across Webb County average a C, better than 34% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- J Kawas ElA+ · 80% proficient
- Farias ElB · 44% proficient
- Kazen ElB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- United MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
- Trautmann MiddleB · 46% proficient
- Elias Herrera MiddleB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Hector J Garcia Early College H SA+ · 86% proficient
- John B Alexander H SB+ · 52% proficient
- United H SB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Webb County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Webb 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 Webb County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Webb County suits
Families
Schools land around the 34th percentile and crime safety beats 77%.
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 6% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Webb County
Is Webb County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Webb County ranks 1,652nd of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on the weather, walkability, and cell coverage, and lowest on civic engagement and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Webb County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $186,281. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $66,985 median income, cost of living beats 37% of counties.
Is Webb County safe?
Yes, Webb County is safer than 77% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $334 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Webb County?
July highs average about 102 degrees, and January highs near 71 with lows near 47. That works out to about 198 pleasant days a year, more than 99% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Webb County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Laredo, Rio Bravo, and El Cenizo. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Webb County good for families?
Schools beat 34% of counties, crime safety beats 77%, and childcare runs $582 a month.
Is Webb County good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 37% of counties, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 76% of counties. About 6% of workers already work from home.
Compare Webb County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Webb County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Webb 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.
Webb County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Webb County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Webb County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Webb County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Webb County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Webb 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.