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%

Beeville$1,100/mo

Typical home $165K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.70% · or rent about $1,061/mo · Housing →

Plainview$780/mo

Typical home $121K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.42% · or rent about $851/mo · Housing →

The difference: $320 a month, about $3,800 a year, between Beeville and Plainview.

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

Beeville places higher on 13 of 22 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−BeevilleSafer than 18% of U.S. towns C−PlainviewSafer than 20% of U.S. towns

Schools

CBeevilleBetter than 28% of districts in the state B−PlainviewBetter than 54% of districts in the state

Health

C−BeevilleHealthier than 19% of U.S. towns DPlainviewHealthier than 11% of U.S. towns

13Beeville

8Plainview

Lists won, of 22 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 632 towns #555#24 Best schoolsSchools · 583 towns #447#78 Fastest growingGrowth · 640 towns #358#599 Most walkableOutdoors · 653 towns #62#253 Fewest smokersHealth · 652 towns #309#469 Cheapest rentCost of living · 624 towns #239#86 Most remote workersWork · 624 towns #402#543 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #148#256

Left end = #1 in Texas. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Beeville’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

BeevillePlainview

Snow a year0″8″

January low44°F 26°F

July high94°F 92°F

Growing season (days)299d 209d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)75th 83rd

Outdoors & history

BeevillePlainview

Trails1 mi 5 mi

Conserved land7.3%5.2%

Settled1859 —

National Register places5 1

Community

BeevillePlainview

Library hours a week50 hrs 52 hrs

Colleges in town1 1

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

463 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BeevilleTX PlainviewTX

Beeville ↔ Plainview463 miles apart

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

BeevillePlainview

People

Population 13,412Lowest 19,711Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +6.3%Highest TX: +15.9% -9%Lowest TX: +15.9%

Median age 31.9±3.3Lowest 10% below TX 32.7±1.7Highest 8% below TX

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

Kids under 18 27.3%±3.1Lowest TX: 25% 27.5%±2.5Highest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 12.7%±2.1Lowest TX: 13.4% 15%±1.8Highest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 15.1%Lowest TX: 33.8% 15.3%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 9.9%±3.7Highest TX: 6.2% 7.2%±1.6Lowest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $50,784±$6kHighest 35% below TX $44,768±$3kLowest 43% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $94,700±$15kLowest 67% below TX $113,000±$12kHighest 60% below TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,061±$120Highest 24% below TX $851±$53Lowest 39% below TX

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,613Highest 62% below TX $1,609Lowest 62% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 58.1%±15.7Highest TX: 51.7% 48%±8.3Lowest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 22.1%Lowest TX: 13.8% 24%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 58.7%Highest TX: 62.6% 52.6%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1974Highest 18 yrs older than TX 1970Lowest 22 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 20 minHighest 26% below TX 19 minLowest 30% below TX

Work from home 6%±3.2Highest TX: 14.4% 2.9%±1.7Lowest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 29.9%Lowest 40.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 42.3 miHighest 40.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.90 0.90

Top workplaceoutside town Corpus Christi (10%)Lubbock (16%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in PlainviewFew work in Beeville

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 7.3%Highest 5.2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 1.4 miLowest 4.5 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 0.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 9Lowest 13Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 113Highest 71.2Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #447 of 583 in TX #78 of 583 in TX

School district BEEVILLE ISDABERNATHY ISD · ANTON ISD

High school in town A C Jones H SPlainview H S

Students per teacherat that high school 14.0Highest 12.5Lowest

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.

Beeville vs Plainview

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $320 more a month in Beeville

Beeville places higher on 13 of 22 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

463 miles apart

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