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%

Bishop$940/mo

Typical home $138K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.89% · or rent about $952/mo · Housing →

Dublin$1,920/mo

Typical home $298K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.43% · or rent about $833/mo · Housing →

The difference: $980 a month, about $11,700 a year, between Dublin and Bishop.

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

Bishop places higher on 10 of 21 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

–BishopNot graded A+DublinSafer than 96% of U.S. towns

Schools

B−BishopBetter than 46% of districts in the state A−DublinBetter than 84% of districts in the state

Health

DBishopHealthier than 15% of U.S. towns DDublinHealthier than 7% of U.S. towns

10Bishop

9Dublin

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

Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #69#566 Best schoolsSchools · 583 towns #315#68 Fewest smokersHealth · 652 towns #381#609 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 632 towns #477#316 Fastest growingGrowth · 640 towns #443#589 Most new homesHousing · 535 towns #501#412 Lowest obesityHealth · 652 towns #535#427 Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #443#339

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

BishopDublin

Snow a year0″0″

January low47°F 34°F

July high96°F 97°F

Growing season (days)329d 249d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)78th 50th

Outdoors & history

BishopDublin

Trails1 mi 2 mi

Conserved land2.2%1.6%

Archive photos—12

Community

BishopDublin

Library hours a week16 hrs 41 hrs

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

313 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BishopTX DublinTX

Bishop ↔ Dublin313 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

BishopDublin

People

Population 3,103Lowest 3,419Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +1.3%Highest TX: +15.9% -8.1%Lowest TX: +15.9%

Median age 39.5±8.8Highest 11% above TX 37±4.3Lowest 4% above TX

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

Kids under 18 23.6%±5.1Lowest TX: 25% 33.8%±8.7Highest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 23.8%±7.7Highest TX: 13.4% 14.9%±4.2Lowest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 17.7%Lowest TX: 33.8% 21.5%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.8%±1.8Lowest TX: 6.2% 3.5%±2.3Highest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $58,152±$23kHighest 26% below TX $53,030±$10kLowest 32% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $111,800±$20kLowest 61% below TX $149,300±$48kHighest 47% below TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $952±$193Highest 32% below TX $833±$518Lowest 41% below TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,109Lowest 50% below TX $2,134Highest 50% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 63.2%±16.1Highest TX: 51.7% 57.3%±21.7Lowest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 24.7%Lowest TX: 13.8% 32.3%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 80%Highest TX: 62.6% 77.8%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1973 19 yrs older than TX 1973 19 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 29 minHighest 7% above TX 26 minLowest 4% below TX

Work from home 4.2%±3.5Highest TX: 14.4% 3.7%±3.3Lowest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 7.9%Highest 7%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 24.8 miHighest 22.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.26Lowest 0.28Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Corpus Christi (21%)Stephenville (20%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in DublinFew work in Bishop

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.2%Highest 1.6%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 1.4 miLowest 1.9 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.6 miHighest 0.5 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 4Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 74.4Lowest 80.9Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #315 of 583 in TX #68 of 583 in TX

School district BISHOP CISDDUBLIN ISD

High school in town Bishop H SDublin H S

Students per teacherat that high school 14.1Highest 11.8Lowest

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.

Bishop vs Dublin

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $980 more a month in Dublin

Bishop places higher on 10 of 21 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

313 miles apart

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