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%

Brenham$2,080/mo

Typical home $329K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.28% · or rent about $1,157/mo · Housing →

Live Oak$1,610/mo

Typical home $243K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.67% · or rent about $1,634/mo · Housing →

The difference: $460 a month, about $5,600 a year, between Brenham and Live Oak.

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

Live Oak places higher on 12 of 23 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

C−BrenhamSafer than 23% of U.S. towns DLive OakSafer than 12% of U.S. towns

Schools

B+BrenhamBetter than 71% of districts in the state C+Live OakBetter than 42% of districts in the state

Health

C+BrenhamHealthier than 43% of U.S. towns B+Live OakHealthier than 71% of U.S. towns

9Brenham

12Live Oak

Lists won, of 23 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 632 towns #480#226 Most trailsOutdoors · 405 towns #46#205 Lowest obesityHealth · 652 towns #314#60 Cheapest rentCost of living · 624 towns #296#477 Most remote workersWork · 624 towns #324#149 Highest graduation rateSchools · 584 towns #339#499 Most new homesHousing · 535 towns #145#289 Highest incomeIncome · 653 towns #363#244

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

BrenhamLive Oak

Snow a year0″0″

January low41°F 41°F

July high94°F 95°F

Growing season (days)279d 277d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)27th 35th

Outdoors & history

BrenhamLive Oak

Trails16 mi 2 mi

Conserved land2.9%4.3%

Settled1844 —

National Register places34 —

Archive photos12 2

Famous people born here39 —

Community

BrenhamLive Oak

Library hours a week40 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

124 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BrenhamTX Live OakTX

Brenham ↔ Live Oak124 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

BrenhamLive Oak

People

Population 18,641Highest 15,984Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +10.5%Lowest TX: +15.9% +20.2%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 33.8±1.8Lowest 5% below TX 35.7±2.5Highest about the TX average

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

Kids under 18 22%±2.8Highest TX: 25% 20.1%±4.1Lowest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 20.2%±2.5Highest TX: 13.4% 14%±2.5Lowest TX: 13.4%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 32.5%Highest TX: 33.8% 32.1%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 10.6%±1.4Highest TX: 6.2% 4.9%±1.6Lowest TX: 6.2%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $65,112±$9kLowest 17% below TX $79,696±$4kHighest about the TX average

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $241,100±$12kLowest 15% below TX $246,300±$15kHighest 13% below TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,157±$67Lowest 18% below TX $1,634±$87Highest 16% above TX

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,097Lowest 27% below TX $4,113Highest about the TX average

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 45.8%±9.6Highest TX: 51.7% 39.4%±9.8Lowest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 18.9%Highest TX: 13.8% 5.5%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 51.1%Lowest TX: 62.6% 57.9%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1983Lowest 9 yrs older than TX 1990Highest 2 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 18 minLowest 34% below TX 21 minHighest 23% below TX

Work from home 8.4%±3.2Lowest TX: 14.4% 15%±5.9Highest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 35.6%Highest 5.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 33.8 miHighest 12.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.59Lowest 1.81Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Houston (13%)San Antonio (53%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Live OakFew work in Brenham

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.9%Lowest 4.3%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 16.1 miHighest 2.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.2 miHighest 0.4 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 7Highest 4Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 71.7Lowest 88.0Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #194 of 583 in TX #138 of 583 in TX

School district BRENHAM ISDJUDSON ISD

High school in town Brenham H SJudson Early College Academy

Students per teacherat that high school 14.1Lowest 20.8Highest

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

Deciding?

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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.

Brenham vs Live Oak

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $460 more a month in Brenham

Live Oak places higher on 12 of 23 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

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