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 →

Roma$600/mo

Typical home $94K (Census) · tax rate 1.29% · or rent about $563/mo · Housing →

The difference: $500 a month, about $6,000 a year, between Beeville and Roma.

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

Grades and rankings, side by side

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 BRomaSafer than 55% of U.S. towns

Schools

CBeevilleBetter than 28% of districts in the state CRomaBetter than 27% of districts in the state

Health

C−BeevilleHealthier than 19% of U.S. towns D−RomaHealthier than 3% of U.S. towns

10Beeville

10Roma

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most conserved landOutdoors · 572 towns #91#487 Most trailsOutdoors · 405 towns #306#71 SafestSafety · 470 towns #395#169 Most remote workersWork · 624 towns #402#120 Fewest smokersHealth · 652 towns #309#581 Cheapest rentCost of living · 624 towns #239#8 Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #124#361 Highest graduation rateSchools · 584 towns #339#538

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

BeevilleRoma

Snow a year0″0″

January low44°F 49°F

July high94°F 102°F

Growing season (days)299d 363d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)75th 38th

Outdoors & history

BeevilleRoma

Trails1 mi 6 mi

Conserved land7.3%0.5%

Settled1859 1936

National Register places5 2

Community

BeevilleRoma

Library hours a week50 hrs —

Colleges in town1 —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 1

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

158 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BeevilleTX RomaTX

Beeville ↔ Roma158 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

BeevilleRoma

People

Population 13,412Highest 11,545Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +6.3%Lowest TX: +15.9% +18.4%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 31.9±3.3Highest 10% below TX 28±2.8Lowest 21% below TX

Beeville and Roma 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% 37.6%±5.4Highest TX: 25%

Age 65+ 12.7%±2.1Lowest TX: 13.4% 14.8%±3.2Highest TX: 13.4%

Roma 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% 16.4%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 9.9%±3.7Highest TX: 6.2% 5.6%±2.2Lowest TX: 6.2%

Beeville and Roma 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 $24,579±$6kLowest 69% below TX

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $94,700±$15kHighest 67% below TX $94,400±$21kLowest 67% below TX

Beeville and Roma 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 $563±$170Lowest 60% below TX

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,613Highest 62% below TX $1,215Lowest 71% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 58.1%±15.7Lowest TX: 51.7% 75.6%±10.3Highest TX: 51.7%

Roma and Beeville 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% 37.1%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 58.7%Highest TX: 62.6% 55.2%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1974Lowest 18 yrs older than TX 1993Highest 1 yr newer than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 20 minLowest 26% below TX 26 minHighest about the TX average

Work from home 6%±3.2Lowest TX: 14.4% 17.3%±7.2Highest TX: 14.4%

Work in townworking residents 29.9%Highest 21.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 42.3 miLowest 49.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.90Highest 0.63Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Corpus Christi (10%)Rio Grande City (11%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 7.3%Highest 0.5%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 1.4 miLowest 5.9 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 1.0 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 9Highest 3Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 113Highest 74.9Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #447 of 583 in TX #338 of 583 in TX

School district BEEVILLE ISDROMA ISD

High school in town A C Jones H SNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 14.0 —

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

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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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 Roma

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $500 more a month in Beeville

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

158 miles apart

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