Is Ingleside a good place to live?
Ingleside grades C− overall, ranked 413th of 640 in Texas, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. On the other side, FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 77% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. It also does better than most on schools: its schools rank ahead of 69% of Texas towns. Its lowest everyday mark is in safety: its police reported 36 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025, a higher rate per resident than 82% of U.S. towns. A typical home there costs about $217K, 3.2 years of the Corpus Christi metro’s $67K median household income. Ingleside’s January low is 49°F, against 37°F in Texas’ towns and 22°F across U.S. towns. Ingleside's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 85% of U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Live Oak Park, at 106 acres.
How Ingleside grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Ingleside is from typical.
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Moving to Ingleside: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Ingleside, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Ingleside.
Ingleside has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Texas (mostly hurricanes) and has seen reported crime rise by about half.
For safety, Ingleside earns a C−
Reported crimes rose from 190 to 333 over the last three FBI years, a rise beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Ingleside’s property crime rate is 28.9 per 1,000 residents. Ingleside reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 82% report less. Ingleside’s violent crime rate is 3.5 per 1,000 residents.
| Ingleside | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 28.9 per 1,000 residents | 10.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.5 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
For schools, Ingleside earns a B+
Its public schools are run by Ingleside ISD. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Ingleside H S, with 624 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ingleside PriLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–2 | Grades PK–2 | 511 | – |
| Ingleside H SLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 624 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Hurricanes leads a high hazard risk in Ingleside
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 91% of Texas towns, with expected losses of about $523 per resident a year; that rating is what its C− for hazard risk is built on. 213 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 29 properties have flooded more than once.
Since 1979, 213 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Ingleside.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
For cost of living, Ingleside earns a C
The typical Ingleside home is worth about $217,000, up 0.8% in a year, 27% below the Texas typical home. 63% of Ingleside households own their home.
| Ingleside | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 63% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,303 a month | $1,206 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
On CDC estimates, Ingleside is less healthy than 67% of U.S. towns
Ingleside tracks Texas closely on all 31 CDC measures. 21% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Ingleside.
| Ingleside | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 72% | 74% | 79% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 39% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 37% | 35% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Ingleside, expect mild winters and hot summers
January nights average 48.9°, milder than in 98% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 90.9°. The Port Aransas weather station, 9 miles away, records that about 57 days a year reach 90°: more than most of the country, but fewer than 100% of Texas places with climate records.
Ingleside has warm winters and warm summers. The July high in Ingleside is 91°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
With 1.2 jobs for every working resident, Ingleside draws in 4,258 commuters
Most working residents leave Ingleside for work: only 16% work in town. Since 2013, Ingleside has added 1,006 jobs, to 4,904 in 2023. The top destinations are Corpus Christi (24%), Aransas Pass (5%) and Portland (5%).
| Ingleside | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 16% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 10% | 12% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
| Ingleside | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.6% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. N.O. Simmons Park | 0.9 mi | 14 |
| 2. Live Oak Park | — | 106 |
| 3. Ingleside City Park | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
USS Lexington and 4 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Ingleside. Close and well known come first.
Big draw12 mi MuseumUSS Lexington
12 mi Zoo & aquariumTexas State Aquarium
23 mi National SeashorePadre Island National Seashore573K visitors a year
12 mi MuseumArt Museum of South Texas
19 mi GardenSouth Texas Botanical Gardens & Nature CenterPhoto credits
USS Lexington: USN, Public domain · Texas State Aquarium: Smcafee87, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Padre Island National Seashore: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Art Museum of South Texas: Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 4.0 · South Texas Botanical Gardens & Nature Center: Phil Slattery, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Everything we know about Ingleside
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Ingleside
About 4 of every 100 Ingleside residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
About Ingleside
City in Texas, United States
Ingleside is a city primarily in San Patricio County, with small parts in Nueces County, in the U.S. state of Texas. Its population was 9,519 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 17 sq mi
- Elevation
- 13 ft
- ZIP code
- 78362
- Area code
- 361
Ingleside’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Ingleside.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingleside | #413 | C− | C | C− | B+ | C |
| Corpus Christi | #602 | D− | C− | D | C+ | C |
| Ingleside on the Bay | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aransas Pass | #534 | D | C | C | B− | C− |
Ingleside on the Bay isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Ingleside with a neighbor →
Questions about Ingleside
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Ingleside, TX a good place to live?
Ingleside grades C− overall, better than 17% of U.S. towns and #413 of 640 in Texas. It grades C for health, C− for safety and B+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Ingleside, TX expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.