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%

Blum$2,160/mo

Typical home $317K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.87% · Housing →

Mullin$520/mo

Typical home $88K (Census) · tax rate 0.78% · or rent about $775/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,640 a month, about $19,600 a year, between Blum and Mullin.

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.

Schools

BBlumBetter than 63% of districts in the state DMullinBetter than 8% of districts in the state

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

BlumMullin

Snow a year0″0″

January low—33°F

July high—93°F

Growing season (days)—234d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)58th 40th

Outdoors & history

BlumMullin

National Register places2 —

Community

BlumMullin

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

85 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BlumTX MullinTX

Blum ↔ Mullin85 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

BlumMullin

People

Population 336Highest 220Lowest

Median age 43.7±16.9Highest 23% above TX 41±23.5Lowest 15% above TX

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

Kids under 18 11.3%±4.6Lowest TX: 25% 15.9%±7.4Highest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 7.7%±8.6Lowest TX: 13.4% 23.6%±16.6Highest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 3.3%Highest TX: 33.8% 3.2%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 12.5%±14.4Highest TX: 6.2% 0%±9.6Lowest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $53,750±$43kHighest 32% below TX $47,981±$8kLowest 39% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $68,500±$26kLowest 76% below TX $88,100±$15kHighest 69% below TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly — $775±$457 45% below TX

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,278Highest 70% below TX $688Lowest 84% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 33.3%±100Highest TX: 51.7% 28.6%±100Lowest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 30.4%Highest TX: 13.8% 12.7%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 89.3%Highest TX: 62.6% 83.1%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1987Highest 5 yrs older than TX 1948Lowest 44 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 37 minHighest 38% above TX 27 minLowest about the TX average

Work from home 1%±1.3Lowest TX: 14.4% 2.4%±2.9Highest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 0%Lowest 1.8%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 44.8 miLowest 86.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.05Lowest 2.64Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Cleburne (13%)Goldthwaite (16%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in MullinFew work in Blum

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 11%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.2 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.4 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 30.9Lowest 68.5Highest

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.

Blum vs Mullin

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,640 more a month in Blum

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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