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%

Bedford$2,440/mo

Typical home $375K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.54% · or rent about $1,502/mo · Housing →

Grapevine$3,580/mo

Typical home $553K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.48% · or rent about $1,863/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,140 a month, about $13,600 a year, between Grapevine and Bedford.

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

Grapevine places higher on 17 of 26 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+BedfordSafer than 37% of U.S. towns CGrapevineSafer than 33% of U.S. towns

Schools

B+BedfordBetter than 74% of districts in the state A−GrapevineBetter than 80% of districts in the state

Health

A−BedfordHealthier than 76% of U.S. towns AGrapevineHealthier than 88% of U.S. towns

8Bedford

17Grapevine

Lists won, of 26 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 180 towns #132#32 Most walkableOutdoors · 653 towns #26#383 Most conserved landOutdoors · 572 towns #197#23 Highest graduation rateSchools · 584 towns #41#179 Most-used librariesLibraries · 183 towns #29#65 Highest incomeIncome · 653 towns #219#115 Most new homesHousing · 535 towns #440#366 Cheapest rentCost of living · 624 towns #445#530

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

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

BedfordGrapevine

Snow a year2″2″

January low36°F 36°F

July high96°F 96°F

Growing season (days)262d 262d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)44th 44th

Outdoors & history

BedfordGrapevine

Trails9 mi 35 mi

Conserved land3.4%22.8%

Settled—1844

National Register places1 6

Archive photos8 12

Famous people born here17 18

Community

BedfordGrapevine

Library hours a week57 hrs 63 hrs

Colleges in town1 —

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.

Where they are

7 miles apart

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

BedfordGrapevine

Bedford ↔ Grapevine7.1 miles apart

Who commutes between them

1,930 Bedford residents work in Grapevine (7.7% of its workers)

Work & commute in Bedford →

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

BedfordGrapevine

People

Population 49,085Lowest 51,139Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +6.3%Lowest TX: +15.9% +9.3%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 39.5±1.1Lowest 11% above TX 39.7±1.4Highest 12% above TX

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

Kids under 18 21.3%±2.2 TX: 25% 21.3%±1.8 TX: 25%

Age 65+ 17.2%±1.4Highest TX: 13.4% 14.1%±1.3Lowest TX: 13.4%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 43.5%Lowest TX: 33.8% 57.5%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.6%±1.2Highest TX: 6.2% 4.1%±0.9Lowest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $83,971±$4kLowest 7% above TX $111,376±$9kHighest 42% above TX

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $350,700±$8kLowest 24% above TX $493,100±$12kHighest 74% above TX

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,502±$60Lowest 7% above TX $1,863±$67Highest 33% above TX

Property taxmedian, yearly $5,390Lowest 27% above TX $7,274Highest 72% above TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 56.2%±6Highest TX: 51.7% 45.3%±4.9Lowest TX: 51.7%

Below poverty line 7.3%Highest TX: 13.8% 6.7%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 50.6%Lowest TX: 62.6% 52.7%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1983Lowest 9 yrs older than TX 1993Highest 1 yr newer than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 25 minHighest 8% below TX 22 minLowest 16% below TX

Work from home 17.5%±2.6Lowest TX: 14.4% 21.8%±2.5Highest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 7.1%Lowest 13.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.8 miLowest 12.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.88Lowest 3.06Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Fort Worth (16%)Dallas (15%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 8% work in GrapevineFew work in Bedford

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.4%Lowest 22.8%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 8.8 miLowest 35.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.9 miLowest 1.0 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 9Lowest 35Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 133Highest 54.1Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #115 of 583 in TX #69 of 583 in TX

School district HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD ISDGRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE ISD

High school in town Buinger Cte AcademyGrapevine H S

Students per teacherat that high school — 13.3

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

Deciding?

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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.

Bedford vs Grapevine

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,140 more a month in Grapevine

Grapevine places higher on 17 of 26 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

7 miles apart

What matters to you?

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