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 →

Levelland$960/mo

Typical home $147K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.51% · or rent about $846/mo · Housing →

The difference: $430 a month, about $5,200 a year, between Bonham and Levelland.

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

Levelland places higher on 14 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

–BonhamNot graded CLevellandSafer than 30% of U.S. towns

Schools

B−BonhamBetter than 47% of districts in the state C+LevellandBetter than 43% of districts in the state

Health

DBonhamHealthier than 10% of U.S. towns C−LevellandHealthier than 19% of U.S. towns

6Bonham

14Levelland

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

Most new homesHousing · 535 towns #251#473 Fewest smokersHealth · 652 towns #626#381 Lowest obesityHealth · 652 towns #535#314 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #476#256 Most remote workersWork · 624 towns #266#475 Cheapest rentCost of living · 624 towns #247#82 Fastest growingGrowth · 640 towns #413#567 Most conserved landOutdoors · 572 towns #380#246

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

BonhamLevelland

Snow a year1″6″

January low33°F 25°F

July high94°F 92°F

Growing season (days)242d 205d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)41st 45th

Outdoors & history

BonhamLevelland

Trails5 mi 7 mi

Conserved land1.2%2.6%

Settled1837 1921

National Register places5 —

Archive photos6 7

Famous people born here25 6

Community

BonhamLevelland

Library hours a week48 hrs 41 hrs

Colleges in town—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

355 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BonhamTX LevellandTX

Bonham ↔ Levelland355 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

BonhamLevelland

People

Population 10,697Lowest 12,466Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +2.8%Highest TX: +15.9% -6.6%Lowest TX: +15.9%

Median age 36.7±1.7Highest 3% above TX 35.1±1.1Lowest about the TX average

Bonham and Levelland 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% 25.8%±2.5Highest TX: 25%

Age 65+ 14.7%±2.6Highest TX: 13.4% 14%±1.9Lowest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 15.2%Lowest TX: 33.8% 16.3%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.6%±1.8Lowest TX: 6.2% 7.7%±1.4Highest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $57,681±$8kLowest 26% below TX $58,000±$14kHighest 26% below TX

Levelland and Bonham 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 $140,400±$13kLowest 51% below TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,073±$87Highest 24% below TX $846±$53Lowest 40% below TX

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,194Highest 48% below TX $2,123Lowest 50% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 46.1%±10.4Highest TX: 51.7% 44.8%±10.5Lowest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 21.7%Highest TX: 13.8% 15.5%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 63.6%Lowest TX: 62.6% 66.7%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1975Lowest 17 yrs older than TX 1976Highest 16 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minHighest 18% below TX 21 minLowest 20% below TX

Work from home 10.3%±4.5Highest TX: 14.4% 4.3%±2.4Lowest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 21.9%Lowest 37.1%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 44.8 miHighest 23.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.17Highest 1.00Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Dallas (10%)Lubbock (23%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.2%Lowest 2.6%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 4.9 miLowest 6.7 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miLowest 0.7 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6Lowest 10Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 51.4Lowest 59.6Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #372 of 583 in TX #266 of 583 in TX

School district BONHAM ISDLEVELLAND ISD

High school in town Bonham H SLevelland H S

Students per teacherat that high school 12.3Lowest 13.2Highest

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.

Bonham vs Levelland

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $430 more a month in Bonham

Levelland places higher on 14 of 21 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

355 miles apart

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