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%

Brookshire$2,320/mo

Typical home $344K (Zillow) · tax rate est. 1.8% · or rent about $1,264/mo · Housing →

Sinton$1,090/mo

Typical home $169K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.47% · or rent about $938/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,230 a month, about $14,700 a year, between Brookshire and Sinton.

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

Sinton 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

CBrookshireSafer than 32% of U.S. towns C+SintonSafer than 35% of U.S. towns

Schools

CBrookshireBetter than 34% of districts in the state C+SintonBetter than 42% of districts in the state

Health

DBrookshireHealthier than 8% of U.S. towns DSintonHealthier than 8% of U.S. towns

8Brookshire

11Sinton

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

Most conserved landOutdoors · 572 towns #447#69 Most new homesHousing · 535 towns #360#110 Cheapest rentCost of living · 624 towns #350#147 Fastest growingGrowth · 640 towns #333#514 Highest incomeIncome · 653 towns #355#521 Most educatedPeople · 653 towns #415#565 Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #226#365 Most remote workersWork · 624 towns #533#406

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

BrookshireSinton

Snow a year0″0″

January low—45°F

July high—93°F

Growing season (days)—324d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)19th 81st

Outdoors & history

BrookshireSinton

Trails1 mi 2 mi

Conserved land0.8%9.3%

Archive photos1 —

Famous people born here1 —

Community

BrookshireSinton

Library hours a week40 hrs 42 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

153 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BrookshireTX SintonTX

Brookshire ↔ Sinton153 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

BrookshireSinton

People

Population 5,495Lowest 5,584Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +7.7%Highest TX: +15.9% -2.8%Lowest TX: +15.9%

Median age 29±8.4Lowest 19% below TX 31.5±4.8Highest 12% below TX

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

Kids under 18 34.1%±8.4Highest TX: 25% 23.9%±6.9Lowest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 6.1%±2.8Lowest TX: 13.4% 13.5%±3.7Highest TX: 13.4%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 17.8%Highest TX: 33.8% 11.4%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.9%±0.8Lowest TX: 6.2% 5.4%±3.4Highest TX: 6.2%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $65,934±$18kHighest 16% below TX $51,701±$14kLowest 34% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $159,300±$81kHighest 44% below TX $142,000±$33kLowest 50% below TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,264±$243Highest 10% below TX $938±$267Lowest 33% below TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly — $2,088 51% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 28.1%±10.3Lowest TX: 51.7% 43.4%±23.4Highest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 21.4%Lowest TX: 13.8% 25%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 51.2%Lowest TX: 62.6% 53.1%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1988Highest 4 yrs older than TX 1971Lowest 21 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minLowest 16% below TX 26 minHighest about the TX average

Work from home 3.2%±2.7Lowest TX: 14.4% 6%±5.4Highest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 6.9%Lowest 16.8%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 24.8 miHighest 20.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.08Highest 0.79Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Houston (32%)Corpus Christi (24%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in SintonFew work in Brookshire

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.8%Lowest 9.3%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.1 miLowest 1.6 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 mi 0.3 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 42.8Lowest 57.3Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#427 of 583 in TX

School district LAMAR CISDSINTON ISD

High school in town None in townSinton H S

Students per teacherat that high school — 12.7

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.

Brookshire vs Sinton

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,230 more a month in Brookshire

Sinton places higher on 11 of 20 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

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