A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Anthony$1,500/mo

Typical home $215K (Zillow) · tax rate 2.06% · or rent about $1,066/mo · Housing →

Vinton$1,630/mo

Typical home $261K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.19% · or rent about $918/mo · Housing →

The difference: $130 a month, about $1,600 a year, between Vinton and Anthony.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Vinton places higher on 12 of 17 TX lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Texas ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

C+AnthonySafer than 40% of U.S. towns –VintonNot graded

Schools

DAnthonyBetter than 7% of districts in the state C+VintonBetter than 38% of districts in the state

Health

C−AnthonyHealthier than 19% of U.S. towns CVintonHealthier than 30% of U.S. towns

5Anthony

12Vinton

Lists won, of 17 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Fastest growingGrowth · 640 towns #639#105 Most new homesHousing · 535 towns #506#65 Lowest property taxCost of living · 647 towns #355#58 Most remote workersWork · 624 towns #350#527 Highest incomeIncome · 653 towns #492#354 Most affordableCost of living · 651 towns #220#90 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #148#18 Most educatedPeople · 653 towns #487#614

Left end = #1 in Texas. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Anthony’s rankings →

Where they are

Anthony and Vinton share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

AnthonyVinton

Anthony ↔ Vinton1.9 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

24 Anthony residents work in Vinton (1.8% of its workers)

23 Vinton residents work in Anthony (2.6% of its workers)

Work & commute in Anthony →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

AnthonyVinton

Snow a year0″0″

January low34°F 34°F

July high94°F 94°F

Growing season (days)264d 264d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)3rd 3rd

Outdoors & history

AnthonyVinton

Trails4 mi 0 mi

Conserved land0.2%0%

Settled1881 1961

Archive photos5 —

Community

AnthonyVinton

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Texas average

AnthonyVinton

People

Population 4,580Highest 2,585Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -26.7%Lowest TX: +15.9% +36.2%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 32.4±2.1Lowest 9% below TX 44.5±2.7Highest 25% above TX

Kids under 18 31.6%±5.8Highest TX: 25% 11%±2.8Lowest TX: 25%

Age 65+ 11.8%±3.6Lowest TX: 13.4% 13.7%±3.3Highest TX: 13.4%

Vinton and Anthony are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 15%Highest TX: 33.8% 8.1%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.4%±2.6Highest TX: 6.2% 3.9%±1.9Lowest TX: 6.2%

Anthony and Vinton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $54,588±$9kLowest 30% below TX $65,991±$13kHighest 16% below TX

Vinton and Anthony are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $168,200±$13kHighest 41% below TX $109,100±$9kLowest 62% below TX

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,066±$202Highest 24% below TX $918±$483Lowest 35% below TX

Anthony and Vinton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,472Highest 18% below TX $1,300Lowest 69% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 42.2%±17.6Lowest TX: 51.7% 47%±23.7Highest TX: 51.7%

Vinton and Anthony are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 19.7%Highest TX: 13.8% 18.3%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 73.9%Lowest TX: 62.6% 85.6%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 2001Highest 9 yrs newer than TX 1991Lowest 1 yr older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minLowest 16% below TX 25 minHighest 5% below TX

Work from home 7.6%±4.6Highest TX: 14.4% 3.3%±2.4Lowest TX: 14.4%

Anthony and Vinton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 4.6%Highest 4.2%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.8 miHighest 15.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.92Lowest 1.55Highest

Top workplaceoutside town El Paso (66%)El Paso (66%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 2% work in Vinton3% work in Anthony

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.2%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 3.7 miHighest 0.3 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.6 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1 1

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 26.7Highest 25.6Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #530 of 583 in TX #489 of 583 in TX

School district ANTHONY ISDCANUTILLO ISD

High school in town Anthony H SNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 12.3 —

Texas average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Anthony vs Vinton

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs about the same each month

Vinton places higher on 12 of 17 TX lists

Anthony and Vinton share a border

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