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%

Bonham$1,390/mo

Typical home $226K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.09% · or rent about $1,073/mo · Housing →

Bellmead$970/mo

Typical home $158K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.10% · or rent about $1,107/mo · Housing →

The difference: $420 a month, about $5,000 a year, between Bonham and Bellmead.

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

Bonham places higher on 11 of 20 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

–BonhamNot graded DBellmeadSafer than 14% of U.S. towns

Schools

B−BonhamBetter than 47% of districts in the state CBellmeadBetter than 30% of districts in the state

Health

DBonhamHealthier than 10% of U.S. towns DBellmeadHealthier than 7% of U.S. towns

11Bonham

7Bellmead

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most remote workersWork · 624 towns #266#525 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 632 towns #468#304 Most new homesHousing · 535 towns #251#387 Most walkableOutdoors · 653 towns #409#271 Best schoolsSchools · 583 towns #372#483 Most conserved landOutdoors · 572 towns #380#488 Most affordableCost of living · 651 towns #291#175 Most activeHealth · 652 towns #423#529

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

BonhamBellmead

Snow a year1″1″

January low33°F 36°F

July high94°F 97°F

Growing season (days)242d 245d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)41st 4th

Outdoors & history

BonhamBellmead

Trails5 mi 1 mi

Conserved land1.2%0.5%

Settled1837 —

National Register places5 —

Archive photos6 —

Famous people born here25 —

Community

BonhamBellmead

Library hours a week48 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

147 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BonhamTX BellmeadTX

Bonham ↔ Bellmead147 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

BonhamBellmead

People

Population 10,697Highest 10,566Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +2.8%Lowest TX: +15.9% +6%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 36.7±1.7Highest 3% above TX 36.1±4.7Lowest about the TX average

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

Kids under 18 17.8%±3.3Lowest TX: 25% 33%±5.8Highest TX: 25%

Age 65+ 14.7%±2.6Highest TX: 13.4% 14.1%±3.8Lowest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 15.2%Highest TX: 33.8% 13.4%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.6%±1.8Highest TX: 6.2% 0.9%±0.9Lowest TX: 6.2%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $57,681±$8kHighest 26% below TX $52,075±$10kLowest 34% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $201,800±$61kHighest 29% below TX $155,100±$12kLowest 45% below TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,073±$87Lowest 24% below TX $1,107±$77Highest 21% below TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,194Highest 48% below TX $1,710Lowest 60% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 46.1%±10.4Lowest TX: 51.7% 77.4%±10.2Highest TX: 51.7%

Below poverty line 21.7%Lowest TX: 13.8% 24.9%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 63.6%Highest TX: 62.6% 59.8%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1975Lowest 17 yrs older than TX 1984Highest 8 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minLowest 18% below TX 23 minHighest 14% below TX

Work from home 10.3%±4.5Highest TX: 14.4% 3.3%±2.6Lowest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 21.9%Highest 4.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 44.8 miHighest 10.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.17Highest 0.75Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Dallas (10%)Waco (40%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BellmeadFew work in Bonham

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.2%Highest 0.5%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 4.9 miHighest 0.6 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6Highest 2Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 51.4Lowest 68.4Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #372 of 583 in TX #483 of 583 in TX

School district BONHAM ISDLA VEGA ISD

High school in town Bonham H SLa Vega H S

Students per teacherat that high school 12.3Lowest 13.7Highest

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.

Bonham vs Bellmead

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $420 more a month in Bonham

Bonham places higher on 11 of 20 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

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